Victimology I

Code:

C201

Acronym:

VIT I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	34	Oficial Study Plan LC	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Actively understand:
- the historical and theoretical developments of criminology, perspectivated from the criminological field, with special emphasis toward the current state of knowledge
- theoretical knowledge about the nature and experiencing of criminal victimization and the main results of the empirical investigation developed in this field.
- methods used to study the victim
- victims’ place within the criminal justice system (rights and needs) and its relation with the juridical and political developments that emerged in this area, both at national and international level
- contemporary debates about the politics concerning crime victims

Program

I History
1. Emergence and development of victimology as a scientific subject

II Theories about victimization and empirical evidence
1. Current debates about victimology
2. The empirical methods used to study the victim
2.1 International victimization surveys
2.2 Data and patterns of criminal victimization: incidence prevalence and risks of criminal victimization; time and spatial patterns of victimization; socio-demographic characteristics of the crime victims

III Consequences of victimization
1. Fundamental concepts: victim, types of victims, sources of victimization, victims’ social representations; experience of victimization and dynamics of the victim-offender relation
2. Secondary victimization and victims needs

IV Victim and justice system
1. Development of the victim position in the criminal justice system and in criminology. Victims’ rights within the Portuguese criminal justice system. International comparisons.
2. Restorative justice
3. Victimology in action

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical sessions are used to describe and discuss the main contents of the program. Practice sessions are orientated toward the analysis and discussion of scientific literature and other resources previously prepared by the students.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

See general rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

See general rules.

Examinations or Special Assignments

See general rules.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

See general rules.

Classification improvement

See general rules.

Observations

- Aertsen, Ivo (1996). Vade-Mecum assistance policière aux victimes. Bruxelles: Politeia
- Almeida, C. (2000). Despublicização do direito criminal. Lisboa: AAFDL
- Block, R. (ed.). (198-). Victimization and fear of crime: world perspectives. Chicago: U. S. Department of Justice.
- Fattah, E. (1991). Understanding criminal victimization: an introduction to theoretical victimology. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc. ISBN 0-13-929597-6
- Fattah, E. (1995). La victimologie au Carrefour entre la science et l’idéologie. Revue Internationale de Criminologie et de Police Technique et Scientifique, 2, 131-139.
- Johnstone, G. Van Ness, D. (eds). (2007). Handbook of restorative justice. Devon: Willan Publishing. ISBN 1-84392-151-0
- Lurigio, A., Skogan, W.G., Davis, R. C. (1997). Victims of crime. Problems, policies and programs. Newbury Park: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-0154- X
- Mauby, R. I. & Walklate, S. (1998). Critical victimology. ISBN 0-8039-8511-8
- Parsonage, W. (1979). Perspectives on victimology. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. (Sage Research Progress Series in Criminology ; 11 ). ISBN 0-8039-1323-0
- Schneider, H. (ed.) (1982). The victim in international perspective. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN: 3-11-007510-5
- Tonry, Michael. (1996). Crime and justice: a review of research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-80826-2
- Walgrave, L. (2003). La justice restaurative et la perspective des victimes concrètes, in Mylène Jaccoud (dir.), Justice réparatrice et médiation pénale. Convergences ou divergences? Paris: L’Harmattan. ISBN 2-7475-5285-3
- Wemmers, J. (2003). Introduction à la victimologie. Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal. ISBN 2-7606-1873-0
- Zauberman, R. (1990). Les victimes: comportements et attitudes: enquête nationale de victimation ISBN 2-907370-16-2
- Zauberman, R. & Robert, Ph. (1995). Du côté des victimes: un autre regard sur la délinquance. Paris: L’Harmattan, Logiques Sociales. ISBN 2-7384-3971-3