• 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  

 

Possible class structure

 

This section contains recommendations for a teaching sequence and timing intended to achieve learning outcomes through a three-hour class.

• General introduction and presentation on the many forms of violence against children and their impact on children [Presentation: 15 minutes; questions/discussion 10 minutes]
• In-class exercise: Exercise 1 [20 minutes],or " School Violence Awareness Video" [8.20 minutes and discussion], or video of the National Institute of Mental Health (2013), " Bullying Exerts Psychiatric Effects Into Adulthood" [3.54 minutes]
• States obligations to prevent VAC and protect child victims (focus on human rights standards and guidance available on best practices) and introduction to the Model Strategies. [Presentation: 15 minutes; questions/discussion: 10 minutes]
• In-class exercise: Exercise 2 [20 minutes]
• Improving the prevention of VAC [Presentation: 15 minutes; questions: 10 minutes]
• In-class exercise: Any of the exercises 3 to 6 [25 minutes]. The research-based exercise requires students to prepare in advance.
• In-class exercise: Exercise 7 [35 minutes]
• Conclusion [5 minutes]

 

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