Intervention with Victims

Code:

P812

Acronym:

IV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2011/2012 - 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	34	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	6	54	162

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, Legal Medicine).
- Develop the knowledge to understand, assess and intervene with victims (crisis intervention, psychotherapy).
- Acquire the basic knowledge and understanding necessary for the psychological and psychosocial intervention process with victims of physical and sexual violence.
- Develop intervention skills in various professional contexts, such as victim support organizations, hospitals, health centers, psychological counseling services, police institutions or community projects, justice system, 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

- Introduction to Criminology and Victimology.
- Violence, aggression and victimization.
- Criminal violence; primary and secondary criminalization.
- Main psychological, psychosocial and criminological theories explaining violence and aggression.
- Victimization: criminal statistics, victimization surveys, victim profiles.
- Types of violence; contexts and forms of victimization.
- Dynamics and impact of violence: the specificity of family violence (domestic violence); negligence, child maltreatment and child sexual abuse; sexual crimes against adults.
- Assessment methods and psychological and psychosocial intervention with victims (children and adults).
- Victim support network.
- Models of restorative justice, mediation.
- Victim-judicial system relationship.

Mandatory literature

Cicchetti Dante ed. lit.; Child maltreatment. ISBN: ISBN 0-521-37969-5
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
Finkelman Byrgen ed.; Child abuse. ISBN: ISBN 0-8153-1818-9
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
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
Leventhal, B., & Lundy, S. (Eds.); Same-sex domestic violence: Strategies for Change., Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2000
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-practical classes with active participation of students, individually and in groups.
- Case-studies.
- Elaboration and discussion of an assignment carried out by the students that involves a simulation of a psychological support session with a victim and a proposal for an assessment and intervention plan for this practical case, 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 victims.

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	56,00
Evaluation based on a written exam	Exame	2,00
Practical project (individual or small group)	Trabalho escrito	30,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Independent study	Estudo autónomo	50
Supervised study	Estudo autónomo	24
	Total:	74,00

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.