• 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  

 

Core reading

 

This section provides a list of (mostly) open access materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.

• United Nations (1989). Convention on the Rights of the Child , GA Resolution 44/25. New York: UN.
• United Nations (2014). United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice , GA Resolution 69/194. New York: UN. 
• UNODC (2015). Introductory Booklet on the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice . New York: United Nations.
• International NGO Advisory Council on Violence against Children (2016). Ten Years On: Global Progress & Delay in Ending Violence against Children - The Rhetoric & the Reality . New York: International NGO Advisory Council on Violence against Children.
• INSPIRE (2016). Seven Strategies for Ending Violence against Children . Luxembourg: World Health Organization.
• INSPIRE (2018). Inspire Handbook: Action for implementing the seven strategies for ending violence against children . Luxembourg: World Health Organization.

 

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