Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Certificate of university in "Criminology, police & policing" | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is focused on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocides.
One seeks to understand:
the limits between the normal and the pathological,
the obedience to the authority,
the weight of the personality or the social roles
the influence of the social groups
Terror is related to these ideologiocal violences.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- to analyze the evolutions of the forms of violence (theoretical approach)
- to identify the individual, psychological, social, moral, political factors which produce violences
- to understand the importance of the environment
- to understand counter violence
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Each student analyzes a topic and prepares a written report
Each group makes a presentation.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Feb - May, Wednesday in the afternoon Please check.
Recommended or required readings
must have : THYS Pierre, Criminels de guerre, Etude criminologique, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2007.
This books contain the key topics.
Additionnal notes (English-French) are also provided
Useful : Thys (dir) Les armes à létalité réduite, Paris L'Harmattan, 2010
Assessment methods and criteria
Based on the presentation
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
E-mail: pierre.thys@ulg.ac.be
Mobile : 0471/730.862