Intervention with Perpetrators

Code:

P712

Acronym:

IA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2019/2020 - 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	28	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

At the end of the semester students should be able to:

- To know the most important theories, causes, dynamics and consequences of violence and victimization, that enable them to understand, assess and intervene with perpetrators (youth and adults) at psychoeducational, psychosocial and psychotherapeutic levels.

- Understand the specific dynamics of violence, particularly of intrafamilial violence.

- Acquire knowledge and understanding in related domains (e.g., Law, Criminology, Legal Medicine).

- Acquire the knowledge and strategies necessary for the psychological and psychosocial intervention with perpetrators of physical, psychological and sexual violence. To be able to apply them in cases of violence inside and outside the family.

- Understand the interactions and relationships between the intervention with offenders and the intervention with victims.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester students should:

- Know the most important theories and intervention models that enable them to understand, assess and intervene with offenders/perpetrators (youth and adults) at psychoeducational, psychosocial and psychotherapeutic levels.

- Develop basic skills for intervention in different contexts, such as prisons, juvenile reeducation facilities, police, judiciary services, counseling services, and community projects; as well as the competencies to work in multidisciplinary teams.

- Develop the skills necessary to elaborate forensic psychological reports and testify in court.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Violence, aggression and victimization.

- Main psychological, psychosocial and criminological theories explaining violence and aggression.

- Types of violence, crime and victimization; contexts and forms of victimization.

- Gender violence. Intimate partner violence, domestic violence, marital violence and family violence.

- Child maltreatment (e.g., negligence, physical and psychological maltreatment, sexual abuse).

- Sexual crimes – rape and child sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse vs pedophilia.

- Assessment methods and psychological, psychoeducational and psychosocial intervention with perpetrators of violence and crime (youth and adults) – national and international perspectives.

- Specificities of the intervention with perpetrators of domestic/marital violence.

- Specificities of the intervention with perpetrators of sexual violence.

- Specificities of the intervention with young sexual offenders.

- Punishment, psychotherapy and social rehabilitation.

Mandatory literature

Geffner, R.A & Rosenbaum, A. (Eds.); Domestic Violence Offenders. Current Interventions, Research, and Implications for Policies and Standards, New York: The Haworth Press., 2001
Lee, M.Y; Sebold, J. & Uken, A.; Solution-focused treatment of domestic violence offenders, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003
Marshall, W. L., Marshall, L. E., G. A. Serran, & Fernandez, Y. M. ; Treating sexual offenders: An integrated approach., New York, NY: Taylor & Francis., 2006
Manita, C. & Matias, M.; Programas para Agressores: Modificar Comportamentos Abusivos no Âmbito das Relações de Intimidade e Prevenir a Reincidência. , In Sani, A. I. & Caridade, S. (Coord.), Práticas de Intervenção na Violência e no Crime. Lisboa: PACTOR, 2016
Barbaree, H. & Marshall, W. ; The juvenile sex offender. , New York: Guildford Press (second edition)., 2008
L. A. Craig, L. Dixon, & T. A. Gannon (Eds.) ; What works in offender rehabilitation: An evidence-based approach to assessment and treatment. , New York: Wiley., 2013
Aldarondo, E. & Mederos, F. (Eds.) (2002).; Programs for Men Who Batter. Intervention and prevention strategies in a diverse society. , Kingston: Civic Research Institute., 2002
Barroso, R., Leite, A., Manita, C. & Nobre, P.; ). Between public agenda and the emergence of intervention programmes: sexual offenders within the Portuguese context. , Sexual Offender Treatment, Volume 6, Issue 2., 2011

Complementary Bibliography

Sani, A. I. & Caridade, S. (Coord.), ; Práticas de Intervenção na Violência e no Crime. , Lisboa: PACTOR, 2016
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
Wiehe Vernon R.; Understanding family violence. ISBN: ISBN 0-7619-1645-8
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
Manita, C. ; Programas de Intervenção em agressores de violência conjugal – intervenção psicológica e prevenção da violência doméstica, Revista Ousar Integrar, 1, 1, 21-32., 2008
Bloomquist Michael L.; Helping children with aggression and conduct problems. ISBN: 1-57230-748-X
Wolfe David A.; Child abuse. ISBN: ISBN 0-8039-2833-5
Briggs David; Managing men who sexuality abuse. ISBN: 1-85302-807-X
Paymar, M.; Violent No More. Helping Men End Domestic Violence, Alameda: Hunter House., 2000
Budrionis Rita; The^sexual abuse victim and sexual offender treatment planner. ISBN: 0-471-21979-7
Berry, D.B.; The Domestic Violence Sourcebook., Los Angeles: Lowell House (3ª Edição), 2000

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 and to the intervention with perpetrators.

- Elaboration of a practical assignment carried out by the students (a group work) that involves the preparation and simulation of an intervention with a perpetrator (including the description of the case, the assessment instruments and the intervention strategies / model / program).

This work requires bibliographic analysis and critical reflection on practices and, mainly, the application of specific intervention programs and strategies. Given the conditions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic and the state of emergency, and following a proposal made by the students themselves, instead of this work being presented in a face-to-face role-play, it will be replaced by a written document containing the contents that would serve as the basis for the role-play: (i) a detailed description of the case, (ii) an intervention proposal and the materials to be used in this intervention, and (iii) the script containing the dialogs / interactions that would serve as the basis for the face-to-face role-play of the intervention.

- In addition to the group work, each student, individually, will deliver a written assignment (from 3 to 5 pages) containing a detailed description and the theoretical framework of one of the models / programs or set of intervention strategies used in the practical case.

- 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 without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	18,00
Trabalho de campo	54,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

- Given the suspension of face-to-face classes, the presence in 75% of the given classes will no longer be the criterion for obtaining attendance, being substituted by the participation on the assigned online exercices.

- In accordance with the regulation of evaluation, students must have a minimum grade of 10 points to obtain final approval (none of the assessment components can sum less than 8 points). The failure to achieve the minimum score of 10 points implies non approval in the discipline and the obligation to repeat the evaluation.

- In case of non-submission of the practical group work and of the individual work by the established deadline, the student cannot obtain final approval in the discipline.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade based on a 0-20 scale:

- Practical work carried out by students in a small group (simulation of an intervention with a perpetrator) - 70% of the final grade.

Given the conditions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic and the state of emergency, and following a proposal made by the students themselves, instead of this work being presented in a face-to-face role record, it will be replaced by a written document containing the contents that would serve as the basis for this role-play: (i) a detailed description of the case (worth 10% of the value of this component), (ii) an intervention proposal and the materials to be used in this intervention (worth 30% of the value of this component), and (iii) the script containing the dialogs / interactions that would serve as the basis for the face-to-face role-play of the intervention (worth 60% of the value of this component).

- Individual written work - 30% of the final grade.

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

In the legally established situations in which the student cannot participate in the group work, he/she must present a written description of a practical case created by him/herself, along with a proposal of assessment and psychological intervention for the concrete case. 

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.

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 individual written work, once, until the “época de recurso” of the following school year in which the student obtained the approval. There is no place to repeat the group practical component.