Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Justice Studies

Learning Methods

Online

Tutorial

Workshop

Module Offerings

6105CRIM-JAN-MTP

Aims

1. Explore the discourses of victims and the discipline of victimology within criminology 2. Conceptualize the place of the victim and their demands for justice within contemporary regulatory and criminal justice practices 3. Critically evaluate the role and effectiveness of victims’ groups in campaigning for justice

Learning Outcomes

1.
Identify and understand competing discourses of victims and victimization
2.
Critically analyse state responses to victims’ demands for justice
3.
Critically evaluate the role, activities and relative effectiveness of a victim campaign group in securing justice

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Understanding victims and victimology Positivist, radical and critical victimology The state and the victim Vulnerable victims Victims’ needs and victims’ rights? ‘Rebalancing’ the criminal justice system Conceptualising victims and their place in the criminal justice system Victim resistance and activism Victims’ organisations
Module Overview:
This module addresses the substantive and growing criminological interest in the issue of victimisation. It explores different theoretical perspectives associated with the study of victims and the victims place within regulatory and criminal justice practices. It will encourage you to critically explore the state's recognition of, and responses to, victims and their demands for justice, along with the work of groups that campaign on behalf of particular groups of victims.
Additional Information:This module is concerned to address the substantive and growing criminological interest in the issue of victimization. It explores different theoretical perspectives associated with the study of victims and the victims place within regulatory and criminal justice practices. It will encourage students to critically explore the state’s recognition of and responses, to victims and their demands for justice, along with the work of groups that campaign on behalf of particular groups of victims. The module will involve students’ participating in interactive 2-hour workshops involving lecture input, small group activities and IT skills; attending tutorial (drop-in) sessions and receiving input from guest speakers who are experts in their fields.

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