9 ECTS credits
225 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020333ANW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Criminology
Educational team
Sofie De Kimpe (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
18 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course focusses on basic criminological concepts and the fundamental dimensions of the criminological issue. 

The course is structured as follows:

Part 1 What is criminology (Researching criminology

Part 2 Thinking about criminology : Basic criminological theoretical developments (historical)

Part 3 Doing crime: phenomenon of crime (offenders and victims)

Part 4 Controlling crime (policing, punishment, justice and prisons

Part 5 Global(ising) perspective on crime, punishment and criminology

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Criminology, A sociological introduction, Carrabine - Cox - Cox - Crowhurst - Di Ronco - Fussey - Sergi - South - Thiel - Turton, 4de, Routledge, 9781138566262, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Documentatie voor de WPO's en slides voor het HOC worden ter beschikking gesteld, Canvas
Handbook (Required) : Het boek Daniel, Chris de Stoop, De Bezige Bij, 9789403102719, 2020
Additional info

READING (obliged) 

Students are obliged to read a book (Oom Daniel - Chris De Stoop). One question on the exam is about reflecting on this booK 

COVID 19

The lectures can take place on campus and/ord online/digitally (whether or not via livestream).

Digital lectures will be available for working students. More information will be available via the course unit platform in Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  • To be able to phrase, use and explain basic criminological concepts with examples situated in the criminological field.
  • To be able to apply criminological concepts to contemporary criminological issues
  • Students know and have insight in the main criminological methodological research traditions and can illustrates these by way of examples.
  • To know, recognize, use and explain the main historical theoretical developments and their relevance through contemporary criminological issues/topics
  • To know the historical evolution of criminological “thinking” and to be able to situate changes, main criminological authors in their historical context. To be able to give the main critiques and contributions of these criminological schools.
  • Students have insight in the diversity of crime phenomenon and their main characteristics. They can illustrate these with examples.
  • Students know and have insight in the main dimensions of the social systems of crime control and punishment. They know the specific characteristics of the policing and justice system in our society. They know and can describe our (Belgian) policing and justice system.
  • Students are able to recognize criminological topics, issues and debates in contemporary political societal debates. They can relate these debates to criminological theoretical frameworks.
  • Students are able to participate in debates with criminological scientific arguments. They are able to formulate critical criminological comments and reflections as part of these debates. 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 75% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 25% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 75% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation of this course is as follows: 100% written exam

1. 75 % of the scores can be obtained through the written exam. This part concerns 15/20 points that can be obtained. A explanatory note on the exam with many examples of exam questions is made available on the elctronic learning platform.

2. 25 % of the scores are obtained through an obliged midterm exam. 

The exman contains three kinds of questions: open questions, mulitiplie choice (with GIS correction), question about the book.

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)