Victimology

Presentation

This UC aims to develop knowledge about victimology as an area of knowledge, exploring its historical, conceptual and epistemological evolution and the role of the victim as its object of study. It aims to address particular types of victimization, providing insight into their epidemiology, abusive dynamics and their impact on the victim. It is still objective to address (new) types of victimization, proceeding to a brief theoretical and empirical contextualization. At the end of UC, the students should be able to understand the emergence and paradigmatic evolution of victimology; understand and reflect on the victim's role in crime, their experience, the associated impact and position on the formal and informal systems; understand the main types of victimization and their specific dynamics; recognize other types of victimization that have recently been part of the discussion and research spaces in this field.

Programme

Psychology of Justice

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 5

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULP1960-2617

Recommended complementary curricular units

Justice and Forensic Psychology

Crime Theories

Ethics, Deontology and Practice in Justice Psychology

Psychological Intervention with Victims I

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

CP1. Historical, theoretical and epistemological approach to victimology

1.1. Emergence and evolution of victimology as an area of knowledge

1.2. Definition of the victim

1.3. Explanatory theories of victimization and victimization profiles

CP2 The victim and the justice system

2.1. The victim and his rights in the justice system

2.2. The victim and the system: from childhood and adolescence to adulthood

CP3. Conceptual framework and characterization of the main types of victimization

3.1. Victim in adulthood

3.1.1. Violence in intimate relationships

3.1.2. Sexual violence

3.1.3. Stalking

3.2. Childhood/adolescence victimization

3.2.1. Abuse and Neglect

3.2.2. Sexual abuse

3.3. Other experiences of victimization (eg, multiple victimization, prison victimization)

Objectives

LO1: Recognize victimology as an area of autonomous knowledge;

LO2: Explain the historical development of victimology and the associated ideological and political transformations;

LO3: Critically reflect on the definition of victim;

LO4: Explain and differentiate the main explanatory theories of victimization;

LO5: Recognize the organization of victim intervention systems and reflect on ethical-deontological issues in the articulation between the victim and the justice system;

LO6: Recognize the main types of victimization in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood and explain their epidemiology, abusive dynamics, explanatory conceptual models, and associated psychosocial impact;

LO7: Recognize and discuss other types of victimization that have recently integrated discussion and research spaces in this domain;

LO8: Apply and integrate theoretical knowledge into conceptualization of specific cases.¿¿

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Methodologies: The syllabus will be taught through the use of a variety of methods, namely ME1: Oral Exposition with the support of audiovisual materials; ME2: Interactive Dialogue; ME3: Classroom application exercises; ME4: Peer Feedback; ME5: Professor Feedback.

The evaluation will be continuous and will include the following evaluation elements: (i) two written tests, performed during the academic period (60%); and (ii) group work to be delivered within two weeks of the end of classes. The work presupposes the conceptualization of a case, through the integration of contents covered in lectures and scientific evidence obtained through literature review by students, including a written report (30%) and oral presentation and discussion in the classroom context (10%).

References

Cuevas, C., & Rennison, C. (2016). Handbook on the Psychology of Violence. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

Machado, C. (2010). Vitimologia: das novas abordagens teóricas às novas práticas de intervenção. Braga: Psiquilibrios Edições.

Machado, C. (2010). Novas formas de vitimação criminal. Braga: Psiquilibrios Edições

Shoham, S. G., Knepper, P., & Kett, M. (Eds.). (2010). International handbook of victimology. USA: Taylor and Francis.

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