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

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Part I: Current considerations around the social issues associated with the victim: Place the victim in society: from the emergence of victimology to the victimhood temptation. Victim: symbolic and implicit spaces of a concept. Between scientific and militant approach: victim's drift and moral conservatism.
Part II: The victim in the criminal trial From revenge to oblivion: approach of the victim in the penal process.
Part III: Theories in victimology - Analysis of the main currents of thought in victimology The first scientific victimology. Feminist protest. The second victimology. How to explain victimizations according to the main criminological models?  

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Learn to know
Knowledge: Being able to define and describe different concepts. Understanding: Being able to explain issues related to the victim and victimization phenomena.
Learn to do
Synthesis: To be able to associate and reorganize the knowledge in a transversal and interdisciplinary undertstanding and to explain them in a synthetic and integrative approach.
Synthesis: To be able to situate the victimological question in a historical, philosophical, ideological and sociological perspective.
Assessment: Being able to question the construction of scientific knowledge in victimology from an epistemological perspective.
Learn to be
Be able to manage deadlines in learning. Develop a critical sense.    

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

no prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The learning is done through a lecture. It also relies on the provision of various resources and the reading of books dealing with the topics covered

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

Recommended or required readings

Will be available on-line on e-campus:
- Powerpoint slides before class.
- The list of recommended works.
Also available on e-campus for a deepening of the different content content: articles, references, multimedia, etc.

Assessment methods and criteria

In June, the assessment is constituted of a written examination on the dispensed contents. It also includes an assessment based on the reading of two books that the student has chosen from a reference list provided at the beginning of the course.
The September assessment is an oral exam on the same content (course topics and reference books).
Formative assessment: Standard questions similar to those likely to be asked on the exam will be offered optionally at the end of the various chapters and will only be available on e-campus for a limited time.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Teacher: Serge GARCET Building B33 (Trifac) Make an appointment serge.garcet@uliege.be tel. 04/366 39 20
Assistant: Noémie Eloy Bâtiment B33 (Trifac), noemie.eloy@uliege.be tel. 04/366 28 15
Secretariat: Ms. Julie Debroux Building B33 (Trifac),  j.debroux@uliege.be tel. 04/366 31 59

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