2019-2020 / CRIM3098-1

Introduction to victimology

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in law3 crédits 
 Bachelor in political sciences : general3 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté de Droit, de Sciences politique et de Criminologie)3 crédits 
 Bachelor in human and social sciences3 crédits 
 Bachelor in human and social sciences (Nouveau programme)3 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales)3 crédits 
 Bachelor in psychology and education : general3 crédits 

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 January, the assessment is constituted of a multiple choices examination on the dispensed contents. 
The September assessment is constituted of a multiple choices examination on the dispensed contents. on the same content.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Teacher: Serge GARCET Place des Orateurs, 1, Bât. B 33 4000 LIEGE (Sart-Tilman) Sur rendez-vous serge.garcet@uliege.be tel. 04/366 39 20
Assistant: Morgane Hovine Place des Orateurs, 1, Bât. B 33 4000 LIEGE (Sart-Tilman) morgane.hovine@uliege.be tel. 04/366 30 13
Secretariat:
 Julie Debroux Place des Orateurs, 1, Bât. B 33 4000 LIEGE (Sart-Tilman) j.debroux@uliege.be tel. 04/366 31 59

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

The second session exam will be a MCQ type written exam.

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts

Items online

slides available online
contents and some informations about the course "Victimology, an introduction"