SOC5083 - Victimology

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module aims to provide an understanding of the history and theories of victimology, understandings of the term 'victim' and the social construction of victims.

In keeping with the Curriculum for Social Justice, the module aims to reflect on the relationship between social inequalities (such as social class, power, age, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, disability status, sexuality) and victimasation. (e.g. domestic abuse, hate crime, sexual violence, corporate crime, victims of the state and victims of terrorism). This module will also offer an exploration of the victim’s role within the Criminal Justice Systems when considering the process and support services, and consider non-human victims of crime through engagement with “green criminology”.

This module will focus on providing an understanding of victimology theories and the experiences and interactions of the victim for both the crime and the Criminal Justice System.

The student will be encouraged to think critically of the term ‘victim’, consider how the victims experiences could be improved within both the CJS and society.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures/Workshops
Hours: 40
Intended Group Size: 120

Guided independent study
Hours: 260

Further details relating to assessment
The first summative assessment is a Policy Analysis report plan of 1,000-words, which will constitute 25% of the module mark. The plan will have both a summative and formative element, in that students can use their plan to develop their arguments and approach to build towards the second assessment. The second summative assessment for this module will take the form of a Policy Analysis Report. This can either be in the format of a written report of 2,000 words, or a 10-minute recorded presentation where the students “presents” the “findings” of their report to an audience. The written report simulates a task a graduate may be asked to complete in the workplace (writing a policy report on an aspect of the criminal justice system). The simulation also applies to the recorded presentation, where graduates may be asked to present their findings at a professional conference or to a select committee of Parliament, or record a media resource designed to promote a new piece of work/publication produced by an organisation. This links to a core element of the Curriculum for Social Justice – ensuring students enjoy equitable access to skills that will enhance their potential employability. There will be extensive guidance and formative feedback given throughout the module (including 2 assessment unpacking and guidance sessions and opportunities for informal conversations/formative feedback throughout) to ensure students are appraised of the assessment brief.

Assessment:

001 Policy analysis plan, 1,000 words; end of Semester 1 25%
002 Policy analysis report, 2,000 words OR 10 minutes recorded presentation; end of Semester 2 75%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Shaun McDaid
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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