• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 12: Violence against Children

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Topic 1. The many forms of violence against children
  • Topic 2. The impact of violence on children
  • Topic 3. States obligations to prevent VAC and protect child victims
  • Topic 4. Improving the prevention of violence against children
  • Topic 5. Improving the criminal justice response to VAC
  • Topic 6. Addressing violence against children within the justice system
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in June 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Key issues

 

Key terms

Violence against children (VAC) is defined very broadly in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (GA Resolution 44/25) to include "all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse" (1989, article 19).

 

The Module is structured into six topics:

• Topic one - The many forms of violence against children
• Topic two - The impact of violence on children
• Topic three - States obligations to prevent VAC and protect child victims
• Topic four - Improving the prevention of violence against children
• Topic five - Improving the criminal justice response to VAC
• Topic six - Addressing violence against children within the justice system

 

Next: Topic one - The many forms of violence against children

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