Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in criminology, professional focus in interpersonal criminology | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The aim of the course is to understand the mechanisms of change within the process of desistance with a view to promoting the social and community (re)integration of justice-involved people.
The course will cover several aspects:
- clarification of the central concepts of the course
- understanding and explaining the process of desistance through different theoretical frameworks (contributions from structural, cognitive and identity theories, assisted desistance, etc.)
- Introduction to narrative theory and the role of stories
- Active learning about narrative identity methodology (interview guide and analysis of narrative scripts)
- implications for the criminologist's clinical practice
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Deal with the frameworks of desistance
- Develop a methodology in narrative criminology based on the life story, from the interview guide to the analysis of scripts
- Become aware of his/her role as a formal (and/or informal) assisted agent of desistance and be able to support desistance processes of justice-involved people
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Co-requisite: the criminologist's psycho-social practices course (CRIM4120) is an asset to deal with the basics of the professional relationship with the justice-involved people before moving to specific interview and analysis techniques.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra presentations, sharing of life experiences from justice-involved people, analysis of life stories to identify narrative scripts, presentations by professionals in the field who are actively working with justice-involved people in the based of their desistance process and the social and community (re)integration.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Two class hours will be freed up to practise at home the analyses of narrative scripts.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Written work / report
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Teacher: Mathys Cécile cecile.mathys@uliege.be