VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS: WORKING WITH VULNERABILITY AND TRAUMA
LST4VST
2021
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
The field of criminal justice often involves working with survivors of violence and other vulnerable people. These may be victims of a wide range of violent crimes including sexual assault and family violence, and also offenders whose situations are linked to their own histories of victimization and abuse. This work requires insights and skills to ensure that individuals are effectively supported, and protected from secondary victimization. This subject offers an opportunity to develop these skills through understanding the complex and destructive reactions people have to traumatic experiences, the vulnerabilities they continue to carry, and the support that is effective in working towards recovery, rehabilitation and justice. This is provided through an integration of social approaches to vulnerability and victimisation with critical psychological theories of trauma and key theorists on vicarious trauma.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorAnthony Collins
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Available as ElectiveYes
Learning ActivitiesSeminars, readings, case studies, library research
Capstone subjectNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Admission to Criminology Honours LHCRI or by approval of subject coordinator
Co-requisitesN/A
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Learning resources
Trauma and Recovery: from domestic violence to political terror
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementPrescribed
AuthorJudith Herman
Year1997
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PublisherBasic Books
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Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2021, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAnthony Collins
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 30 - 36
One 3.00 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 30 to week 36 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
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Completion of in class activities (equivalent 500 words) | Other | Individual | No | 5 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Class presentation (2000 word equivalent) | Oral presentation | Individual | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Case study (1500 words) | Other | Individual | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Research essay (4000 words) | Assignment | Individual | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |