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| CRIM3108-1 | Violence and counter-violence
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Pierre Thys |
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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 starts with an analysis of the violent behaviors in varied circumstances of the social life.
The course develops then less usual topics: political and religious violence, organized crime, war crimes and genocides.
One seeks to understand:
the limits between the normal and the pathological,
the obedience to the authority,
the weight of the personality or the social criconstances
the influence of the social groups |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - to analyze the evolutions of the forms of violence (theoretical approach)
- to identify the individual, psychological, social, moral, political factors which produce violences
- to understand the importance of the environment
- to understand counter violence |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| 2 master criminology |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practice is included - see organization below |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Feb - May, Wednesday in the afternoon Please check. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| must have : THYS Pierre, Criminels de guerre, Etude criminologique, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2007.
This books contain the major part of the key topics.
Some other notes are available on the website of Criminology
Useful : Thys (dir) Les armes à létalité réduite, Paris L'Harmattan, 2010 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Based on a report |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| E-mail: pierre.thys@ulg.ac.be
Mobile : 0473/945.315 |
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