Intervention with Perpetrators

Code:

P712

Acronym:

IA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	23	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	3	33	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of the semester students should be able to do the following:
- Know the most important theories, causes, dynamics and consequences of violence and victimization, as well as understand the interactional dimensions of the phenomena.
- Understand the specific dynamics of family violence.
- Acquire knowledge and understanding in other related domains (for ex.: Law and Criminology).
- Acquire the basic knowledge and understanding necessary for the psychological and psychosocial intervention process with physical and sexual offenders, among others, as well as in cases of violence inside and outside the family circle.
- Develop intervention skills in various professional contexts, such as prison facilities, juvenile re-education institutions, psychological counseling services, police institutions or community projects, as well as acquire skills to work in multidisciplinary teams.
- Develop the skills necessary to elaborate forensic psychological reports and testify in court.
- Understand the interaction between intervention with victims and intervention with offenders.

Program

- Violence, aggression and victimization.
- Criminal violence; primary and secondary criminalization.
- Main psychological, psychosocial and criminological theories explaining violence and aggression.
- Types of violence; contexts and forms of victimization.
- Particular types of sexual crimes – rape and sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse versus pedophilia.
- Domestic and marital violence.
- Child and youth maltreatment.
- Assessment methods and psychological and psychosocial intervention with offenders (youth/adults) – an overview of national and international perspectives.
- Special topics in intervention models with offenders of domestic/marital violence and with sexual offenders.
- Specificity of the intervention with juvenile sexual offenders.
- Punishment, psychotherapy and social rehabilitation.

Mandatory literature

Berry, D.B.; The Domestic Violence Sourcebook., Los Angeles: Lowell House (3ª Edição), 2000
Budrionis Rita; The^sexual abuse victim and sexual offender treatment planner. ISBN: 0-471-21979-7
Geffner, R.A & Rosenbaum, A. (Eds.); Domestic Violence Offenders. Current Interventions, Research, and Implications for Policies and Standards, New York: The Haworth Press., 2001
Hasselt Vincent B. Van ed. lit.; Handbook of family violence. ISBN: ISBN 0-306-42648-X
Furniss, T. ; The Multiprofessional Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Integrated Management, Therapy and Legal Intervention., London: Routledge., 1991
Manita, Celina; A intervenção em agressores no contexto da violência doméstica em Portugal : estudo preliminar de caracterização, Lisboa : Comissão para a Igualdade e para os Direitos das Mulheres, 2005. ISBN: 972-597-269-4
Hampton Robert L. ed. lit.; Substance abuse family violence and child welfare. ISBN: ISBN 0-7619-1458-7
Wolfe David A.; Child abuse. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-2833-5
Hersov L.A.; Aggression and anti-social behaviour in childhood and adolescence. ISBN: ISBN 0-08-021810-5
Pryor, D.W.; Unspeakable acts. Why men sexually abuse children, New York: New York University Press., 1996
Lee, M.Y; Sebold, J. & Uken, A.; Solution-focused treatment of domestic violence offenders, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003
Paymar, M.; Violent No More. Helping Men End Domestic Violence, Alameda: Hunter House., 2000
Sousela, L.; Machado, C. & Manita, C.; Violência íntima no feminino: contextos, motivos e significados., Revista do CEJ, 7, 165-190., 2007
Finkelman Byrgen ed.; Child abuse. ISBN: ISBN 0-8153-1818-9

Complementary Bibliography

Bloomquist Michael L.; Helping children with aggression and conduct problems. ISBN: 1-57230-748-X
Salter, A.C.; Pedofilia e outras agressões sexuais, Lisboa: Ed. Presença, 2003
Lee-Chai Annette Y.; The use and abuse of power. ISBN: ISBN 1-84169-023-6
Briggs David; Managing men who sexuality abuse. ISBN: 1-85302-807-X
Cicchetti Dante ed. lit.; Child maltreatment. ISBN: ISBN 0-521-37969-5
Knutson John F.; The control of aggression. ISBN: ISBN 0-202-25077-6
Wiehe Vernon R.; Understanding family violence. ISBN: ISBN 0-7619-1645-8
Pallone, N.J.; Young Victims, Young Offenders. Current Issues in Policy and Treatment, New York: The Haworth Press., 1994
Salter, Anna C; Treating child sex offenders and victims : a practical guide., London : Sage Publications, 1988. ISBN: 0-8039-3182-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Theoretical classes.
- Theoretical-practical classes with active participation of students, individually and in groups;
- Elaboration and discussion of an assignment carried out by students that involves a role-play of a psychological intervention with a perpetrator, which requires analysis of the bibliography and a critical reflection about knowledge and practices.
- Individual project based on analysis and integration of class contents and literature search, and critical reflection about knowledge and practices, among others, resulting from students’ independent work/research.
- Tutorial supervision of theoretical and practical assignments carried out by students, as well as providing the necessary conditions to develop independent study/work, including research and literature search, in order to facilitate the assimilation of contents.
- Viewing and discussion of videos with topics related to violent/criminal behaviors and intervention with offenders.

keywords

Social sciences > Criminology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	26,00
Evaluation based on a written exam	Exame	2,00
Practical project (individual or small group) Work	Trabalho escrito	18,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Independent study	Estudo autónomo	20
Supervised study	Estudo autónomo	15
	Total:	35,00

Eligibility for exams

- Students’ attendance in each class will be monitored through the students’ signature on a presence sheet.
- Students must attend 75% of the total number of classes taught. In exceptional cases, legally foreseen, the traditional class attendance may be substituted by the submission of a research assignment.
- In accordance with the regulation of evaluation (cf. art. 9), students must have a minimum grade of 8 points in the practical work, as well as on the final written exam. The failure to achieve the minimum score of 8 points implies non approval in the discipline and the obligation to repeat the evaluation.
In the case of non-submission of the practical work by the deadline established at the beginning of the semester, the student will not be admitted to the final exam and, therefore, cannot obtain final approval in the discipline.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade based on a 0-20 scale:
- 50% of the grade is based on the final exam classification;
- 50% of the grade is based on the practical assignment carried out by the students throughout the semester - a role-play of a psychological support session with a perpetrator and a proposal for an assessment and intervention plan for this practical case.
- There will be a public presentation and defense of the case and the intervention plan, complemented by a written summary – both components will be evaluated.

Examinations or Special Assignments

In the legally established situations in which students cannot participate in the practical role-play of the perpetrator's intervention plan, they must present a written description of a practical case created by them along with a proposal of assessment and psychological intervention for this case. Similarly, in the legally established situations when the students cannot complete the written exam, it must be replaced with a written assignment on a subject established with the teacher early in the semester.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In exceptional cases, foreseen in the regulations or in cases duly justified and accepted as valid by the School’s competent committees, students may be evaluated outside the usual context and regular calendar, through the completion of a written project with a content similar to what other students have done to assess the practical component (weighing 50% in the final grade) and an oral or written test on the contents of the discipline (weighing 50% in the final grade). In these cases, the student should contact the teacher responsible for the discipline at the beginning of the semester to define the rules and methodologies of the alternative evaluation.

Classification improvement

There is a possibility of repeating the final examination (and only the final examination) in the proceeding exam period.