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| CRIM3098-1 | Introduction to victimology
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Serge Garcet |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| 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. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - 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. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| no prerequisites |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| No workshops |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| - Lectures; |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Will be available on-line:
- a detailed course contents
- lectures slides
- readings
- a list of sources of victimological information |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam first session
Oral exam second session |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| No remarks. |
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Contacts :
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| 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 |
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| Items online : |
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| slides available online |
| contents and some informations about the course "Victimology, an introduction" |
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