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.
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.