Study Programmes 2015-2016
CRIM3098-1  
Introduction to victimology
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in law3
Bachelor in law3
Bachelor in political sciences : general3
Bachelor in political sciences : general3
Master in criminology (120 ECTS)3
Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)3
Bachelor in human and social sciences3
Bachelor in human and social sciences3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general3
Lecturer :
Serge Garcet
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
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) Victimology in Belgium: - Institutional Analysis of resources helping victims of criminal acts in Belgium.
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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: Noémie Eloy Bâtiment B33 (Trifac), local 1/1 noemie.eloy@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"