University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
CRIM3098-1  Introduction to victimology

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in Law, 3rd year3
Bachelor in Political Sciences, 3rd year3
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Criminology3
Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)3
Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences, 3rd year3
Bachelor in Psychology and Education, 3rd year3
Lecturer :  Serge Garcet
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
The course approaches victimology through ex cathedra courses handling the following subjects: 1) Emergence of the concept of victimology: - Historical approach: analysis of victim's position in the trial. - Sociological approach: analysis of the increasing victim's representations in our contemporary societies. - Semantic approach: analysis of the evolution of the concept, the implicit contents (in particular symbolic and religious contents) in current definitions. 2) Criminological approach in victimology: - Analysis of the main currents in victimology (the first scientific victimologist, the feminist contestation, victimization surveys, the current approaches). 3) Legal and social evolutions concerning victims:
- Evolution of the Belgian law in favor of the victims and the position of the victim in the various times of the criminal procedure. 4) Victimology in Belgium: - Institutional Analysis of resources helping victims of criminal acts in Belgium. - Evaluation of victim-oriented policies in Belgium, victim's needs and risks of secondary victimizations.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
-          Gain a good basic knowledge of the field of victimology and understand concerns related to victims in a criminological perspective.
 
Being able to link knowledge in a transverse reading and to restitute in a synthetic and integrated manner.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
no prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
No workshops
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
- Lectures;
Recommended or required readings :  
Will be available on-line: - a detailed course contents - lectures slides -  readings - a list of sources of victimological information
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written exam first session
Oral exam second session
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
No remarks.
Contacts :  
Teacher: Serge GARCET Building B33 (Trifac), room 1/42 consulting hour: make an appointment serge.garcet@ulg.ac.be tel. 04/366 39 20
Assistant: Thomas PERICK Bâtiment B33 (Trifac), local 1/1 thomas.perick@ulg.ac.be tel. 04/366 28 15
Secretariat: Ms. Julie Debroux Building B33 (Trifac), room 1/5 j.debroux@ulg.ac.be tel. 04/366 31 59

Items online :  
slides available online
contents and some informations about the course "Victimology, an introduction"



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