Questions of 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 is a deepening of the victimological approach through ex cathedra courses covering the following subjects : Part I: Victims and victimization process.
1)       Development of the relation to the world:
-          A socio-cognitive perspective
-          The victim-perpetrator relationship


Part II:  Victims and Psychological Trauma
2)       Psychological Trauma:
-          History and theories of trauma
-          Actuals models of post-traumatic stress disorder
-          Types of traumatic events
-          Types post-traumatic consequences: definition, prevalence, symptoms.
-           Post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic evolution and associated disorder, dissociative reaction, personality change.
-          Childhood trauma
-          Treatments of trauma
Part III: Integrated approach of specific types of victimization
3)       Specific types of victimization:
-          Violences during childhood: mistreatment, sexual abuse
-          Violences during adolescence: school bullying, sexual harassment and abuse
-          Adult Violences: Domestic and sexual violences, terrorism

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

 


Acquire complements of knowledge in victimology.
- Master current knowledge on differents types of victimization.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No prerequisite

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

- Lectures

Recommended or required readings

Will be available on-line:
-          Course contents
-          Lectures slides
-           Readings
List of information sources related to victimology.

Assessment methods and criteria

- A Group work on a set theme will be part of the course evaluation.
- Written exam in first session
- Oral examination in second session

Work placement(s)

Organizational 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), 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

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