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Objectives and competences

Students acquire skills that enable them to recognise the key forms of violence in society, causes of them and their consequences. They learn to identify the specific factors that influence on violence and ways to cope with it.

Content (Syllabus outline)

• Violence and Society: conceptualization of the structural, cultural and direct violence • Theoretical interpretation of violence • Different forms of violence: - Violence among young people - Violence in schools - Violence and subcultures - Recognizing systemic violence - Violence and the state - Discrimination, intolerance and violence - Violence and cyberspace - Violence at sports events - Domestic Violence - Violence and child abuse - Violence against elderly - Stalking as a form of violence - Introverted violence - Media images of violence • Approaches and methods of scientific research various forms of violence in society

Learning and teaching methods

The course will consist of lectures, tutorials, discussions, case studies, individual and group projects, as well as individual consultations with the lecturer.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Students will be familiar with the conceptualization of different forms of violence, contemporary theories, approaches and ways of coping with it. They will understand the various forms of violence, their incidence, existing solutions and recommendations. Students will have the knowledge required for decision-making, research, practical work and preventive action.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Students will understand and recognise the couses of violence, have knowledge for solutions and ways of coping, prevention, planning, analysis and implementation of policies that relate to the issues of violence.

Readings

• Bučar Ručman, A. (2023). Nasilje in družba: študijsko gradivo. Fakulteta za varnostne vede • Bučar-Ručman, A. (2016). Strukturno nasilje kot mehanizem zapiranja migrantov v globalne in lokalne totalne institucije. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 67(1), 16–25. • Bučar Ručman, A. (ur.). (2004). Nasilje in mladi. Klub mladinski kulturni center Novo mesto. • Bučar-Ručman, A. (2009). Kako se lahko učinkovito soočamo s šolskim nasiljem?. V V. Tašner (ur.), I. Lesar (ur.), M. Antić Gaber (ur.), V. Hlebec (ur.) in M. Pušnik (ur.), Brez spopada: kultur, spolov, generacij (str. 363–377). Pedagoška fakulteta. • Bučar-Ručman, A. (2011). Medijsko poročanje o kriminaliteti v Sloveniji. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 62(1), 23–38. • Bučar-Ručman, A. in Frangež, D. (2009). Nasilje in slovenska družba. Varstvoslovje, 11(1), 204–238. • Dvoršek, A. in Selinšek, L. (2010). Nasilje v družini: kazensko pravni, kriminalistični in kriminološki problemi. Fakulteta za varnostne vede; Pravna fakulteta. • Filipčič, K. (2002). Nasilje v družini. Bonex. • Galtung, J. (1969). Violence, peace, and peace research. Journal of Peace Research, 6(3), 167–191. • Kanduč, Z. (2003). Onkraj zločina in kazni. Študentska založba. • Klun, M., Frangež, D. in Bučar Ručman, A. (2022). Characteristics and prevalence of adult children violence against parents in Slovenia. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 73(4), 296–307. • Meško, G. in Bučar-Ručman, A. (2005). An overview of criminological research on violence in Slovenia. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 29(2), 219–241. • Ray, L. (2011). Violence & Society. Sage. • Šulc, A., Vehovar, V., Brečko, B. N. in Bučar Ručman, A. (2021). Differences in cyberbullying victimisation and perpetration according to age and locality in Slovenia. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 72(4), 337–349. • Šulc, A. in Bučar Ručman, A. (2019). Šola in medvrstniško nasilje v Sloveniji: raziskovalni pristopi, metode in metaanaliza dosedanjega raziskovanja v Sloveniji. Šolsko polje: revija za teorijo in raziskave vzgoje in izobraževanja, 30(1/2), 63–88, 182–183. • Wacquant, L. (2008). Zapori revščine. Založba /*cf, Ljubljana.

Prerequisits

Understanding basic criminological theories.

  • red. prof. dr. ALEŠ BUČAR RUČMAN

  • Written examination: 100

  • : 40
  • : 20
  • : 120

  • Slovenian
  • Slovenian

  • SECURITY AND POLICING - 3rd
  • INFORMATION SECURITY - 3rd