Duration
45h Th
Number of credits
| Master in criminology (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté de Droit, de Sciences politique et de Criminologie) | 5 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
After a short historical survey of legal psychiatry the course considers major psychiatric disorders and their possible relation to criminal and dangerous behaviour.
We will study in turn: psychoses, mood disorders, anxious disorders, organic mental disorders, disorders related to the absorption of psychoactive substances, disorders affecting the control of impulses, and paraphilia.
Cases in which the law that protect mental patients and the law on social defence apply are also discussed and illustrated with examples of psychiatric expertise.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To study the relationship between mental diseases and dangerous and criminal behaviour.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Notions of psychiatry
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Structure of the course: pwp projection with videos.
Répétitions :
Further training for students: debates on the videos.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus
Advised further reading:
Psychopathology and Violent Crime (A. Skodol, American Psychiatric Press, 1998).
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Written examination
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
- Teacher: Prof. P. PAPART, CHU Sart Tilman - 04/ 366 72 15 - Secretary: Mme R. Belhaddad, CHU Sart Tilman - 04/ 366 79 60
Items online
Criminal Psychopathology - PDF
Criminal Psychopathology - PDF