Topics of Victimology

Code:

MC120

Acronym:

TV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S (since 13-09-2021 to 18-12-2021)

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
MC	36	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	1	-	3	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To analyze the emergence of victimology as an area of ​​scientific knowledge and its position in the face of criminology.

Prospecting the victim as object of study and knowledge: different classifications, typologies and definitions.

Reflect on the role of the victim of crime.

To know the different types of violence, crime, victimization, as well as the methods of study of the victim and victimization.

Understand and reflect critically on the victim's position in the criminal justice system, its rights and needs, and frame it in the national and international legal-political developments produced in this area.

To understand the specific dynamics and reflect critically on the main tendencies on Victimology.

Reflect on the main debates and critical approaches regarding some forms of victimization in the Portuguese and international contexts.

Provide students with the basic frameworks and concepts for a correct perspective and integration of the relationships between victimization, vulnerability and intervention.

It is intended that students acquire knowledge in the scope of evaluation and intervention with victims of crime.

Critically analyze in its essential aspects the different forms of intervention and the processes of support to the victims.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students are expected to acquire the necessary skills to reflect on the central themes of victimology as well as the discipline's position related to Criminology.Acquire a comprehensive and related view of the main theoretical lines, debates, and critical approaches to victimization in general as well as to particular forms of victimization and their relationships and interconnections in the Portuguese and international context.Students are expected to acquire the ability to know in depth and work with key concepts in the victimization analysis such as vulnerability, intersectionality and others.Students are expected to acquire the skills to critically analyze in its essential aspects the different forms of intervention and the processes of support to the victims.It is intended that students acquire knowledge in the scope of evaluation and intervention with victims of crime.

Working method

Presencial

Program

FIRST PART: Victimology. Basic concepts.

Emergence of Victimology as Scientific Knowledge. Relations with Criminology, main characteristics.
Victim: Concept, classifications, social representations, pathologies.
Victimization: Concept, types and Process of deviance.Research in Victimology.
Victimization surveys.   

PART TWO: Some victimological issues.

Domestic violence (Basic concepts, violence against women, intersectionality and domestic violence).
Family Violence against Elderly People and Intimate Partner Violence against Elderly Women.
Stalking.
Cybervictimology.
Trafficking.
Hate crimes.
Victims of terrorism.
Victims of State Violence and Transitional Justice.

Mandatory literature

Kemshall Hazel 340; Good practice in working with victims of violence. ISBN: 1-85302-768-5
Machado, Carla; Gonçalves, Rui A.; Violência e vítimas de crime, 1º e 2º volumes
Walklate Sandra 340; Handbook of victims and victimology. ISBN: 978-1-84392-257-5
Karmen Andrew; Crime victims. ISBN: 0-534-02997-3
Moriarty Laura J.; Controversies in victimology. ISBN: 978-1-59345-568-2
Moriarty Laura J. 340; Current issues in victimology research. ISBN: 978-1-59460-240-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Being a discipline that seeks to combine knowledge about the basic elements of Victimology with the development of a more intervention-oriented approach to crime victims, the classes will focus on both theoretical aspects and practical elements. 

Thus, the classes combine the exposition of theoretical knowledge in which the main contents of the UC are transmitted, with practical moments in which from this point of view some of the topics included in the UC are worked. Audiovisual support documents will also be used in order to encourage critical and informed debate.

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Criminal law
Social sciences > Criminology
Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy > Social policy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	57,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

cfr. regulamento.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed evaluation without final exam (test 60% + written work 40%).