Intervention with Victims

Code:

P812

Acronym:

IV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

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	33	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162
		Official Curricular Structure 2012	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of the semester students should:
- Know the most important theories, causes, dynamics and consequences of violence and victimization that enable students to understand, assess and intervene with victims (children, youth and adults).
- Understand the specific dynamics of family violence.
- Acquire some knowledge in related domains (e.g., Law, Legal Medicine).
- Acquire the basic knowledge and strategies necessary for the psychological and psychosocial intervention process with victims of violence/crime.
- Develop the necessary knowledge to understand, assess and intervene with victims (crisis intervention, psychotherapy).
- Assess and intervene with victims (children, youth and adults) either in emergency / risk / danger situations and crisis intervention or in psychotherapy.
- Develop basic skills for intervention in different contexts, such as support centers for victims, shelters, hospitals and health centers, judiciary services, counseling services, and community projects, or police; as well as the competencies to work in multidisciplinary teams.
- Develop the skills necessary to elaborate forensic psychological reports and testify in court.
- Understand the relationships and interactions between intervention with victims and intervention with offenders.

Program

- Introduction to Criminology and Victimology.
- Violence, aggression and victimization.
- Criminal violence; primary and secondary criminalization.
- Main psychological, psychosocial and criminological theories explaining violence and victimization.
- Victimization: criminal statistics, victimization surveys, victim profiles.
- Types of violence, crime and victimization; contexts and forms of victimization.
- Dynamics and impact of violence: the specificity of family violence (e.g., domestic violence, marital violence, violence against children), child maltreatment (e.g., negligence, physical and psychological maltreatment, sexual abuse), and sexual crimes against adults.
-Assessment methods and psychological and psychosocial intervention with victims of violence and crime (children and adults; individual, couple and group interventions; different strategies, models and programs).
- Victim’s support network.
- Models of restorative justice and mediation.
- Victim – judicial system relationships.

Mandatory literature

Cicchetti Dante ed. lit.; Child maltreatment. ISBN: ISBN 0-521-37969-5
Finkelman Byrgen ed.; Child abuse. ISBN: ISBN 0-8153-1818-9
Edleson Jeffrey L. ed. lit.; Future interventions with battered women and their families. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-5945-1
Freeman, J. & Lobovits. D. ; Playful Approaches to Serious Problems: Narrative Therapy with Children and their Families., W. W. Norton & Company., 1997
Furniss, T.; The multiprofessional handbook of child sexual abuse: integrated management, therapy and legal intervention., London: Routledge., 1991
Gil, E. ; Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches., New York: The Guilford Press, 2006
Leventhal, B., & Lundy, S. (Eds.); Same-sex domestic violence: Strategies for Change., Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2000
Lutzker John R. ed. lit.; Handbook of child abuse research and treatment. ISBN: ISBN 0-306-45659-1
Machado, C. (Coord., 2010). ; Vitimologia. Das novas abordagens teóricas às novas práticas de intervenção., Braga: Ed. Psiquilibrios., 2010
Machado Carla 570; Crianças. ISBN: 972-8747-44-X
Machado Carla 570; Adultos. ISBN: 972-8717-20-2
Magalhães, T. (Coord.); Abuso de Crianças e Jovens - Da suspeita ao diagnóstico., Lidel, 2010. ISBN: 9789727576555
Magalhães Teresa; Maus tratos em crianças e jovens. ISBN: 972-8717-39-3
Matos, M. (2006). ; Violência nas relações de intimidade: estudo sobre a mudança terapêutica na mulher., Braga: Universidade do Minho., 2006
Sani Ana Isabel; As crianças e a violência. ISBN: ISBN 972-8717-32-6
Walker Lenore E. Auerbach ed. lit.; Handbook on sexual abuse of children. ISBN: ISBN 0-8261-5300-3
Walker, L.E.A.; The Battered Woman Syndrome, New York: Springer., 2000
Wolfe David A.; Child abuse. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-2833-5

Complementary Bibliography

Alarcão Madalena; (Des)Equilíbrios familiares. ISBN: 972-8717-30-X
Audet, J. & Katz, J-F.; Précis de victimologie générale, Paris: Dunod, 1999
Bottoms Bette L. ed. lit.; International perspectives on child abuse and children.s testimony. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-5628-2
Browne, K. & Herbert, M.; Preventing Family Violence, New York: Wiley., 1997
Canha, J.; Criança maltratada. O papel de uma pessoa de referência na sua recuperação. Estudo prospectivo de 5 anos., Coimbra: Quarteto., 2000
Dobash, R.E. & Dobash, R.P.; Rethinking Violence against Women, London: Sage., 1998
Doerner, W.D. & Lab, S.P.; Victimology, Cincinatti: Anderson Pub. Co, 1995
Fattah, E.A.; Criminology: past, present and future. A critical overview, London: McMillan Press., 1997
Geffner, R.A., Jaffe, P.G. & Sudermann, M. (Eds); Children Exposed to Domestic Violence., Binghamton, NY: Haworth., 2000
Gelles, R.J. & Loseke, L. (Eds).; Current controversies on family violence, Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1991
Lopez, G.; Victimologie., Victimologie. Paris: Dalloz., 1997
Madriz Esther; Nothing bad happens to good girls. ISBN: ISBN 0-520-20855-2
Marques-Teixeira, J. & Manita, C.; Psychological and Psychiatric Consequences of Violence. In Medical-Legal and Social Aspects of Injuries and Violence – International Master on Community Protection and Safety Promotion., Porto: Porto University, 2001
Morgan Marcia; How to interview sexual abuse victims. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-5289-9
Straus Martha B. ed. lit.; Abuse and victimization across the life span. ISBN: ISBN 0-8018-3637-9
Salter Anna C.; Treating child sex offenders and victims. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-3182-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Theoretical classes.
- Theoretical-practical classes with active participation of students, individually and in groups.
- Practical Case-studies.
- Viewing and discussion of videos with topics related to violence/victimization and to the intervention with victims.
- Elaboration and discussion of an assignment carried out by the students that involves the preparation and role-play of a psychological intervention with a victim (including assessment and intervention strategies). This project requires bibliographic analysis and critical reflection on knowledge and practices.
- 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.

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	54,00
Evaluation based on a written exam	Exame	2,00
Practical project (small group)	Trabalho escrito	40,00
Role-playing Exercice (small group)	Teste	10,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Independent study	Estudo autónomo	36
Supervised study	Estudo autónomo	20
	Total:	56,00

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 victim 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 victim’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 written examination (and only the final written examination) in the proceeding exam period.