- To map and outline the main theoretical pillars of victimology, and its contemporary developments
- To inform the study of victimology in relation to interdisciplinary literatures and perspectives, particularly those pertaining to sociology and criminology
- To explore the uses of textual and visual data for the purposes of studying and researching notions of the ‘victim’, victimisation, and victimhood
- To critically appreciate the contribution and uses of (auto)biographical and narrative data to further victimological study and research

(LO1) To develop a critical appreciation of the sub-discipline of victimology, its strengths, weaknesses and contemporary developments.

(LO2) To have a sound, critical knowledge of the nature and extent of various forms of victimisation.

(LO3) To critically evaluate concepts of the ‘victim’, victimisation and victimhood in relation to relevant theory, policy and methods.

(LO4) An ability to appreciate alternative sources of data as a basis for understanding the lived experience of victimisation, harm and survival.

(S1) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

- Questioning what the concept ‘victim’ means
- Exploring what is ‘counted’ as victimisation within positivist victimology
- Challenging victimological orthodoxy through feminist scholarship
- Exploring who ‘counts’ as victims within critical victimology
- Giving ‘victims’ a ‘voice’ within the criminal justice process
- Thinking about radical victimology with regards to victim movements, collective personal testimony, and the state as victimiser
- Questioning what is ‘cultural’ about ‘cultural’ victimology
- Considering what textual (i.e. autobiographical, narrative) and visual (i.e. photographic) data can do for the further development of victimological research

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Hybrid - asynchronous pre-recorded lectures
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: The lectures offer a broad outline of debates and address issues that you may wish to clarify in your further reading.

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Face to face synchronous seminars, safety permitting
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Seminars, often case study led, offer the opportunity for more focused consideration of the general issues addressed in the lectures. They are the opportunity to ask questions arising from your reading and are directly relevant to the issues you will be asked to consider in your assignment.

Skill/Other Attribute 1:
"Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written"
How this is developed:
"lectures, seminars, independent study"

Skill/Other Attribute 2:
"Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation"
How t his is developed:
"lectures, seminars, independent study"

Skill/Other Attribute 3:
"Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis"
How this is developed:
"lectures, seminars, independent study"