Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
5028LAWCJ-JAN-MTP
Aims
The overall aim of this module is to develop a more meaningful understanding of victims of crime and to critically explore their role and experiences within the criminal justice system. The module seeks to help students develop a critical appreciation of the conceptual development of victims and victimology as an academic discipline. It also aims to evaluate notions of victimhood and explore challenges for victim service provision. The lectures, seminars, and reading for this module will encourage engagement with competing understandings of victimhood and will seek to prompt students to begin to critically analyse learning material. Placing victims within their appropriate socio-political context will also ensure that students develop a full appreciation of, not only diverse victim experiences, but also the dynamic and multifaceted challenges facing the criminal justice system in providing satisfactory service for them.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:An Introduction to Victimology
Historical Perspectives
Theoretical Perspectives
Victims of Violence and Homicide
Gender and Sexual Victimisation
Race and Hate Victimisation
Elder and Child Abuse
Victims, Needs, Rights, and Advocacy
Criminal Justice Reponses to Victims
Contemporary Issues: Victims of Human Trafficking and Terrorism
Module Overview:
The overall aim of this module is to develop a more meaningful understanding of victims of crime and to critically explore their role and experiences within the criminal justice system. You will develop a critical appreciation of the conceptual development of victims and victimology as an academic discipline and also evaluate the notions of victimhood and explore challenges for victim service provision.
The overall aim of this module is to develop a more meaningful understanding of victims of crime and to critically explore their role and experiences within the criminal justice system. You will develop a critical appreciation of the conceptual development of victims and victimology as an academic discipline and also evaluate the notions of victimhood and explore challenges for victim service provision.
Additional Information:The study of victimisation has developed to such an extent that Victimology is now regarded as a central component to the study of criminology and criminal justice. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the key themes and debates relating to victimisation today.
Assessments
Centralised Exam