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As a result of College adapting your modules to combine face-to-face on campus and online teaching and learning support, the breakdown of notional learning hours set out under the heading “Technical Requirements” below may not necessarily reflect how each module will be delivered this year. Further details relating to this will be made available by your department and will be updated as part of the student timetable.

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CR 3031 - Interpersonal Violence and Harm
Associated Term: 2022/23 Academic Session Learning Objectives: Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course students should be able to: 1. Identify multiple forms of interpersonal violence and harm. 2. Explain the nature and dynamics of multiple forms of violence and harm. 3. Identify and analyze the role of risk factors in the assessment and management of violence and harm. 4. Compare and provide some critical evaluation of methods of risk assessment, management and communication. 5. Summarize and explain the contributions that psychology and criminology have made to the analysis of violent and harmful behaviour. 6. Summarize and critically evaluate current scholarship on interpersonal violence and harm. Course Summary: This course will aim to provide students with a broad overview of violence and harm as committed by individuals or groups within society. Several forms of violence will be examined within the course including but not limited to intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual violence, and elder abuse. In addition to examining the nature and prevalence of violence and harm, the course will also examine the ways in which violence and harm are assessed, managed and communicated by professionals who work with perpetrators and victims of violence. Concepts related to violence or the prevalence and nature of violence such as psychopathy and gender will also be examined. Through a group presentation students will have the opportunity to learn about and present on an additional form of violence not covered in lectures. Required Materials: Click here for the reading list system Technical Requirements: Teaching & Learning Methods: Lectures - 1 hour - 10 weeks - 10 hours Seminars - 1 hour - 10 weeks - 10 hours Guided Independent Study: 130 hours Summative Assessment: Essay 100% 3000 Words Formative Assessment:

CR 3031 - Interpersonal Violence and Harm

Associated Term: 2022/23 Academic Session
Learning Objectives:

Learning  Outcomes:	
By the end of the course students should be able to:
	1. Identify multiple forms of interpersonal violence and harm.
	2. Explain the nature and dynamics of multiple forms of violence and harm.
	3. Identify and analyze the role of risk factors in the assessment and management of violence and harm.
	4. Compare and provide some critical evaluation of methods of risk assessment, management and communication.
	5. Summarize and explain the contributions that psychology and criminology have made to the analysis of violent and harmful behaviour.
	6. Summarize and critically evaluate current scholarship on interpersonal violence and harm.

Course Summary:	
This course will aim to provide students with a broad overview of violence and harm as committed by individuals or groups within society. Several forms of violence will be examined within the course including but not limited to intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual violence, and elder abuse. In addition to examining the nature and prevalence of violence and harm, the course will also examine the ways in which violence and harm are assessed, managed and communicated by professionals who work with perpetrators and victims of violence. Concepts related to violence or the prevalence and nature of violence such as psychopathy and gender will also be examined. Through a group presentation students will have the opportunity to learn about and present on an additional form of violence not covered in lectures. 






Required Materials: 
Click here for the reading list system


Technical Requirements: 
Teaching & Learning Methods:	
Lectures - 1 hour - 10 weeks - 10 hours 
Seminars - 1 hour - 10 weeks - 10 hours
Guided Independent Study: 130
 hours
    
Summative Assessment:
Essay	100%	3000	Words	
Formative Assessment:

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