9 ECTS credits
250 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1023666BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
This course of 9 credits consist in lectures (6 credits) and a seminar (3 credits).
Lectures (6 credits) The lectures focus on most important criminological theories and their explanation for crime, criminal behaviour and victimization are studied (the traditional, neoclassical and rational choice theories, the biological, physiological and biosocial theories, the psychiatric and psychological theories, the social process theories, the control theory, the social ecology and the cultural theories, the anomie and the strain theory, the conflict, Marxist and radical theories, the feminist theories, the post-modern theories). For each of them the general main propositions and their explanations for criminal behaviour and victimization are studied. Attention is been given to the underlying (implicit) presuppositions concerning human nature, society and order/disorder comes about. Finally, we will consider the impact these theories have on society and it's crime-punishment complex.
Seminar (3SP) The aim of this seminar is to apply actively the insights from the lectures (first semester) through assignments. An explanatory note on these assignments will be available to the students. The seminars sessions are not compulsory, but the assignments are. However, students have to submit the yearly assignments on time in order to be able to participate in the exam for this course. The same applies for the second exam session.
This component is also taught to evening (working) students: a maximum of 3 sessions of 3 hours are planned. Students have to comply with the assignments of the practica session.
(incoming) Erasmus students can follow this course as a reading course. Specific assignments will be part of the evaluation of this reading course.
Knowledge and insights:
Skills:
Attitudes:
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 20% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Distribution of marks:
This course and lectures (80%): are evaluated by a written exam with multiple choice questions and at least one open (essay) question.
The seminars and connected assignments (20%): The participation to practical seminars as well as the fullfilment of the related assignments are compulsory. Students that are absent during these seminars and/or did not submit (all) the assignments cannot participate in the January exam session, and are automatically redirected to the second exam session.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Verkort traject 1 (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Instroomplan 2 (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Instroomplan 3 (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Instroomplan 4 (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Instroomplan 5 (only offered in Dutch)