Admission requirements
Students must be enrolled in the CSM Master program;
At least 8 students must enroll for the course to take place;
Description
Interpersonal violence refers to violence between individuals. This course will examine the causes, structural characteristics and consequences of interpersonal violence. The course aims to give insight into how we can assess risk of specific types of interpersonal violence. We will do so by (1) incorporating theoretical approaches to interpersonal violence, ranging from subculture of violence theories to mass media theories; (2) assessing the causes and correlates of violent behavior, and (3) an in-depth analysis of specific types of interpersonal violence. These types include variations of domestic violence, honor-related violence, ideology-motivated violence, violence related to property crimes, nighttime violence, violence in workplaces and other institutions. The relative effectiveness of various interventions at the individual and group levels will be explored.
Course objectives
After completing the course the student will be able to:
Students are able to identify, analyze and apply the main conceptual (what is interpersonal violence, what is the scope of interpersonal violence) and theoretical criminological and sociological approaches (including strain, routine activities, differential association) in order to explain general and specific types of interpersonal violence (such as variations of domestic violence, honor-related violence, ideology-motivated violence, violence related to monetary gain, nighttime violence, violence in workplaces and other institutions).
Students are able to apply these conceptual and theoretical approaches to contemporary subtypes of interpersonal violence by translating these approaches into written policy recommendations according to academic guidelines.
Students are capable of understanding and analyzing the main macro, meso and micro-level causes and correlates of interpersonal violence such as family dynamics, modernization processes, shifting male-female power relations in order to critically asses the validity of various theoretical explanations of interpersonal violence.
Students are able to critically evaluate existing risk-management strategies such as family intervention, situational approaches and criminal justice approaches, against specific types of interpersonal violence on a macro, meso and micro level context in order to assess their effectiveness.
Students are able to give a high-quality presentation on the effectiveness of risk-management strategies for a specific type of interpersonal violence, for both an academic as well as a professional audience.
Timetable
On the Public Administration front page of the E-guide you will find links to the website and timetables, uSis and Blackboard.
Mode of instruction
The course consists of seven seminars. Attendance is mandatory.
Course Load
Total study load: 140 hrs., of which:
contact hours: 21
self-study hours: 119
Assessment method
Weekly quiz (25% of total grade);
Mid-term assignment consisting of a short literature review, which also functions as the introductory paragraph of the final paper (25%);
Final Paper consisting of a risk management strategy for a type of interpersonal violence (50%).
Failed partial grades weighing less than 30% should be compensated by a passed partial grade weighing more than 30%. The calculated grade must be at least 5,50 in order to pass the course.
Re-take: Paper consisting of a risk management strategy for a type of interpersonal violence
You can find more information about assessments and the timetable exams on the website.
Details for submitting papers (deadlines) are posted on Blackboard.
On the Public Administration front page of the E-guide you will find links to the website, uSis and Blackboard.
Resit
Students will be permitted to resit an examination if they have a mark lower than 5.5 or with permission of the Board of Examiners.
Resit written exam
Students that want to take part in a resit for a written exam, are required to register via uSis. Use the activity number that can be found on the ‘timetable exams’.
Blackboard
Yes, course will be available one week in advance.
Reading list
The reading list consists of a selection of articles, to be announced on Blackboard.
Registration
In January you will receive an invitation for the introduction day. In that email we will also send you a form on which you can express your preference for the elective courses. We will do our very best to place you in the elective you prefer most, but if too many students sign up for the same elective we will decide who joins by means of a blind selection.
The OSC will register you in uSIS. In uSis you can access your personal schedule and view your results. Also register for every course in Blackboard. Important information about the course is posted here.