Introduction to victimology

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Serge Garcet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course approaches victimology through ex cathedra courses handling the following subjects: 1) Emergence of the concept of victimology:
- Definitions - 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).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

-          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) consulting hour: make an appointment serge.garcet@ulg.ac.be tel. 04/366 39 20
Assistant: Noémie Eloy Bâtiment B33 (Trifac), noemie.eloy@ulg.ac.be tel. 04/366 28 15
Secretariat: Ms. Julie Debroux Building B33 (Trifac),  j.debroux@ulg.ac.be tel. 04/366 31 59

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