6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1021118CNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
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 credits verworven voor de studiedelen “Criminologie en victimologie” en “Criminologie en victimologie: werkcollege”. Of de student is ingeschreven in de bachelor criminologische wetenschappen met studieduurverkorting. Of de student is ingeschreven in het schakelprogramma Criminologische Wetenschappen. Hiernaast is de student ingeschreven op de studiedelen “Criminologie en victimologie” en “Criminologie en victimologie: werkcollege”. Of de student is ingeschreven in het voorbereidingsprogramma Criminologische Wetenschappen. Hiernaast is de student ingeschreven op de studiedelen “Criminologie en victimologie”. Of de student is ingeschreven in de Master in de Rechten en heeft reeds 20 studiepunten van de opleiding Master in de Rechten verworven. LET OP: Inschrijven voor deze aannbieding is daarnaast enkel mogelijk voor studenten die als werkstudent geregistreerd staan of die geregistreerd staan met een toelating om de specifieke lessen voor werkstudenten te volgen. Gewone studenten kunnen niet inschrijven voor de lessen behorend bij deze aanbieding, zij kunnen enkel lessen volgen van aanbiedingen waarvan het studiegidsnummer eindigt op een R. Bij vragen of problemen, neem contact op met het Studenten Administratie Centrum via SAC@vub.ac.be.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Criminology
Department
Criminology
Educational team
Kristof Verfaillie (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
124 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

In this course, we study the emergence of crime in society. We start from the observation that we cannot understand crime in terms of individual motives, rational choice theory or individual psychopathology. We study phenomena such as organized crime, terrorism, cybercrime and collective violence and show how these phenomena are integral to the societies in which they emerge.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint presentations and scientific literature, VUB, Leerplatform
Additional info

All lessons are taught using powerpoint presentations and scientific literature that are made available to students through CANVAS. This course is offered for full-time students and students with employment (digital course). 

The day classes are recorded and are made immediately available to all students. In addition, two 2-hour contact moments are organized for evening students. A first contact moment takes place at the beginning of the semester, where explanations are given about the content of the course, the study materials and the exam. A second contact moment is organized at the end of the semester, where questions can be asked about the course content. All further information will be made available through CANVAS.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Knowledge and understanding

  • Graduates have knowledge of, and an understanding of, relevant (inter)national theoretical approaches in criminology (e.g., subculture theory, interaction criminology, neutralization theory, and life course criminology) and can name the weaknesses and strengths of different approaches.
  • Graduates know relevant, central theoretical concepts from symbolic interactionism, process sociology, network theory and complexity science. 
  • Graduates master subject-specific terminology.

Communication skills and practice-oriented competencies.

  • Graduates can communicate clearly, distinctly, correctly and critically in writing on a theoretical or practice-based criminologically relevant topic.
  • Graduates understand relevant English international literature from the field of criminology and relevant fields of science (supra), which they can independently analyze and process. 

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.

More information on the exam is provided via the learning platform CANVAS.

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 Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Verkort traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor criminologische wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)