Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
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
Learning unit contents
This course, after an introduction to the criminological psychology specificities, focuses on the perpetrators and victims of crime in the frame of three thematic: juvenile delinquency, domestic violence and child abuses. 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 learning unit
- 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). - Awareness of specific psycho- judicial treatment in these areas. - Encourage critical thinking and practice of quality on these issues.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
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 second semester
Recommended or required readings
PPT after each chapter. Reference book: Psychologie de la délinquance F. Glowacz et M. Born, 2017, Ed. De Boeck
Assessment methods and criteria
Written Exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professor : F. Glowacz