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Objectives and competences

To enable students to understand and critically estimate the position of a victim in criminal procedure and the consequences of criminal victimization.

Content (Syllabus outline)

- Scope of victimology: o the development of victim throughout history, o the reemergence of the victim (von Hentig, Mendelsohn and Schafer), o studies on victim precipitation (Wolfgang and Amir), o independence of victimology as a science, o critical victimology, o the victim movements. - Measuring of victimization: o official police statistics, o victimization surveys (ICVS, NCS, city surveys), o reasons for reporting and not reporting crimes. - Property crime and victimization: o types of property victimization, o trends of victimisation of property crime, o the consequences of property crime, o other property crimes. - Personal crime and victimization: o personal crime and victimization, o the consequences of personal crime, o criminological theories. - Consequences of victimisation: o the consequences of primary victimization, o the consequences of secondary victimization, o helping victims of crime. - Resitution to victims: o types of restitution (to victims and community), o the effectiveness and impact of restitution, o problems and concerns with restitution, o victim compensation and its effectiveness. - Restorative justice: o the development of restorative justice, o theoretical basis of restorative justice, o types of restorative justice (mediation, inclusion of all participants, proper sanctioning), o the impact of restorative justice, o problems and concerns with restorative justice. - Sexual violence and victimization: o definition of rape, o spousal rape, o date or acquintance rape, o the extent of rape victimis - ICVS, o criminological theories on rapists, o the consequence of rape. - Intimate partner violence: o history and the extent of intimate partner violence, o criminological theories of intimate partner violence, o police intervention, o assistance to victims of violence. - Child maltreatment: o the beginning of defining of child maltreatment, o criminological theories on offenders of child maltreatment, o assistance to child victims, o the extent of child maltreatment. - Crime and elderly: o the rise of interest in the crime against elderly, o types of crime against elderly, o fear of crime and vicarious victimization, o characteristics of victims and offenders, o institutional maltreatment of elderly, o criminological theories of elder maltreatment, o responding to elder maltreatment. - Victimization at work and school: o defining workplace victimization, o types or workplace victimization, o explanations and causes of workplace victimization, o prevention of workplace victimization, o victimization in junior and highschool, o explanations and causes of school victimization, o responses to victimization, o sexual harrasment. - Victim rights: o legal framework of victim’s rights.

Learning and teaching methods

- The course will consist of lectures, discussions, coursework, case studies, individual and group projects, and individual consultations with the professor. Coursework consists of two parts: o case study analysis, o study visits to institutions which are actively engaged with victims of crime and victimization (police, non-governmental organisations).

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

The curse introduces students to major theoretical and practical concepts victimology.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Through case studies and experiential exercises, the course enables students to develop skills for understanding and proper treatment of victims of crime, especially from the aspect of victimology.

Readings

- Doerner, W. G. in Lab, S. P. (2012). Victimology. Elsevier, Anderson Publishing. - Erčulj, V. in Meško, G. (2022). Fear of crime – Measurement of fear of ordinary crimes and fear of crimes in cyberspace. Revija za krimminalistiko in kriminologijo, 73(4), 308 – 318. - Meško, G., Cockcroft, T., Crawford, A. in Lemaitre, A. (ur.) (2009). Crime, media and fear of crime. Fakulteta za varnostne vede. - Meško, G., Sárik, E. in Getoš, A.-M. (ur.) (2020). Mapping the victimological landscape of the Balkans: A regional study on victimology and victim protection with a critical analysis of current victim policies. Duncker & Humblot.

Prerequisits

Basic knowledge of criminology and crime policy, and criminal law.

  • red. prof. dr. GORAZD MEŠKO

  • Written examination: 70
  • Collaboration in tuorials: 30

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  • Slovenian
  • Slovenian

  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY - 2nd