6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1006889BER for all students in the 1st semester
at
a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
- Semester
- 1st semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Possible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Volgtijdelijkheid: De student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Criminologische Wetenschappen en heeft reeds 60 studiepunten verworven binnen de Bachelor Criminologische Wetenschappen en credits voor "Sociologie I" , "Inleiding tot de criminologie en de strafrechtsbedeling", " Psychologie" en " Inleiding tot het recht". Hiernaast is de student ingeschreven op het studiedeel “Strafrecht-strafvordering”. Of de student is ingeschreven in de bachelor criminologische wetenschappen met studieduurverkorting. Of de student is ingeschreven in het schakelprogramma Criminologische Wetenschappen”. Of de student is ingeschreven in het voorbereidingsprogramma Criminologische Wetenschappen.Of de student is ingeschreven in de Master in de Rechten en heeft reeds 20 studiepunten van de opleiding Master in de Rechten verworven. Of de student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Politieke Wetenschappen en heeft in deze opleiding reeds 60 studiepunten verworven. Hiernaast is de student ingeschreven op de studiedelen “Criminologie en victimologie” en “Strafrecht-strafvordering”. Of de student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Sociologie en heeft in deze opleiding reeds 60 studiepunten verworven. Hiernaast is de student ingeschreven op de studiedelen “Criminologie en victimologie” en “Strafrecht-strafvordering”. Of de student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Wijsbegeerte en Moraalwetenschappen.
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Department
- Criminology
- Educational team
- Kristel Beyens
(course titular)
An-Sofie Vanhouche
Lars Breuls
- Activities and contact hours
- 20 contact hours Lecture
30 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
- Analysis of aims of punishment and their social functions.
- Analysis of the death penalty from a national and international perspective.
- Analysis of deprivation of liberty, focusing on the national and international legal framework and penological insights on the functioning of prison. What are the effects of being in prison?
- Analysis of prison organization, prison population and prison staff.
- Legal - criminological analysis of the internal and external legal status of prisoners. What rights do prisoners have and how and when can they be released?
- Visit to a Belgian prison (optional for Erasmus students)
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : De lessen worden gegeven met behulp van powerpointpresentaties die ter beschikking worden gesteld evenals lesopnames, video's, podcasts en wetenschappelijke publicaties, Canvas
Handbook (Required) : Straffen, Een penologisch perspectief, Beyens K. & Snacken, S., Antwerpen, Maklu, 9789046609002, 2017
- Additional info
For English speaking students a reading course is available and two contact sessions will be organised to guide the students through the course.
A visit to a Belgian prison will be organised (participation is optional).
- Learning Outcomes
-
General competencies
Knowledge and Understanding.
- Graduates are familiar with the central theoretical concepts, perspectives, and research traditions of a variety of research disciplines (in this case, law, psychology, philosophy, history, sociology).
- Graduates have knowledge and understanding of the role and functioning of the various actors in the administration of criminal justice.
- Graduates have knowledge and understanding of the role and functioning of various actors in the administration of criminal justice.
- Graduates understand subject-specific terminology.
Research Skills
- Graduates can situate, analyze and process basic criminographic information and (inter)national professional literature within criminology.
Communication skills and practice-oriented competencies.
- Graduates can communicate clearly, articulately, correctly and critically in writing on a theoretical or practice-oriented criminologically relevant topic, both to peers and laypersons.
- Graduates can theoretically connect insights from penology with criminological practice.
- Graduates have written and oral language skills in Dutch.
Attitudes
- Graduates have an interested, inquisitive and independent attitude towards the acquisition and construction of knowledge.
- Graduates have a strong interest in and sensitivity towards social and criminological topics.
- Graduates possess a strong affinity and interest in human rights and the rights of prisoners.
- Graduates possess a scientific cross-disciplinary attitude with openness to different problem definitions and research methods.
- Graduates have a respectful attitude toward individuals in the criminal justice system.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Written Exam
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Written exam, with open questions for English speaking students who are registered for the reading course.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Verkort 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)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor criminologische wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Civil and Procedural Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Economic Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Tax Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: International and European Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Public Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Social Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminal Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Law and Technology (only offered in Dutch)