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.
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