Victimology

Vitimologia

Course code:67117

Telma Catarina Ferreira de Almeida

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

• Define Victimology and recognize it as one of the areas that seeks to study and intervene with victims
• Understand the methods of the empirical research methodologies underlying the study of variables associated with victimization
• Understanding the role of victims in the justice system
• Identify the main impact of victimization against the various types of crime
• Recognize the challenges of the current Victimology
• Relate the scientific understanding of victimhood with the development of evidence-based techniques for the assessment and prevention of the problem

Syllabus:

1. Study of Victims:
   Landmarks of victimology
   Goals and Definition of victimology
   Variables associated with victimization
2. Historical, theoretical and epistemological approach of victimoIogy
   Theories of victimization and victimization Profiles
3. The victim and the justice system
   The victim and the justice system
   Restorative Justice
4. The impact of victimization
   Conceptual framework and characterization of the main types of victimization: intimate violence, sexual vioIence, maltreatment, sexual abuse, bullying, prison victimization, mobbing, victimization in first-line professionals, violence to the elderly
5. Guidelines and challenges of victimology today
6. From understanding to assessing and prevention of victimization

Suggested Bibliography:

• Daigle, L. E. (2021). Victimology (3th ed.). Cengage.
• Daigle, L. E. & Muftic, L. R. (2021). Victimology (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
• Doerner, W.G. & Lab, S. P. (2021). Victimology (9th ed.). London: Routledge.
• Klika, J. B., & Conte, J. R. (2018). The APSAC handbook on child maltreatment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Wallace, H., & Roberson, C. (2018). Victimology (5th ed.). Pearson.