Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 21 hours; 7x3 hour seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | ONE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS OF 2,500 WORDS | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | ONE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS OF 2,500 WORDS | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT TO BE RESUBMITTED, IF FAILED | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT TO BE RESUBMITTED, IF FAILED | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature, context and distribution of violent crime and abuse in contemporary society;
2. Demonstrate an awareness of the impact of abuse on individuals, families and society;
3. Critically comment on policies designed to protect victims;
4. Demonstrate an ability to apply some of the concepts and theories used to explain violent and abusive conduct to understand specific types of violence;
5. Evaluate theoretical explanations of violence and appreciate how psychological and sociological
perspectives might be integrated.
Content
Theories of violence: psychological and sociological perspectives.
An introduction to policy responses: risk assessment, prevention and intervention. This will prepare students for studying particular types of violence / victims.
Week 2:
Homicide: social psychological and social structural explanations.
Week 3:
Gendered violence: domestic abuse and perpetrator motivation.
Week 4:
Youth violence
Week 5:
Hate crime
Week 6:
Children as victims
Week 7:
Elder abuse
Brief description
This module covers some of the major theoretical perspectives on violence and assesses policy responses to violent crime and abuse in a number of different contexts. Students will be supported in building up an understanding of and a capacity to evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of social policies, crime prevention initiatives and criminal justice responses to violent crime and abuse. The module will introduce students to a range of individual, structural, cultural and situational factors which need to be considered before one can build up an understanding of the origins, nature and consequences of violence and abuse and then how a society can and should respond to particular sorts of violence.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7