University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
PSYC0921-1  Criminological psychology

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in Law, 2nd year3
Bachelor in Political Sciences, 2nd year4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Criminology3
Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 1st year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1st year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 1st year3
Certificat d'université en psychologie clinique à orientation psychopathologie 3
Lecturer :  Fabienne Glowacz
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
This course, after an introduction to the criminological psychology specificities, focuses on  the perpetrators and victims of crime in the frame of four thematic: juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, child abuses, and homicides.
It uses the presentation of explanatory models, typological models, risk and protective factors studies. The specificities of the psycho- legal intervention in Belgium, the assessment and the treatment will be discussed for each of these sections.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
- Provide a set of relevant theoretical data on the various psychological and criminological aspects of the study's objects (juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, child abuse and homicide). - Awareness of specific psycho- judicial treatment in these areas. - Encourage critical thinking and practice of quality on these issues.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Presentations of theoretical models and data. Active participation of students in the course on the basis of records and presentations of clinical cases.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face-to-face Course taught in the first semester
Recommended or required readings :  
PPT after each chapter. Reference book:
Psychologie de la délinquance
M.Born et F. Glowacz, 2014, Ed. De Boeck
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written exam
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Professor : F. Glowacz
Assistante : L .Witvrouw

Items online :  
Notes de cours et/ou power point
Notes de cours et/ou Power Point sous l'onglet contenus



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