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CRIM-C402

Pénologie

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Philippe MARY and Philippe MARY (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Introduction: definition and object of penology.

First part: the prison (history in Belgium; origins of legislations; internal legal status of the prisoners; external legal status of the convicts…).

Second part: community sanctions (probation, mediation, “Justice houses”).

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Student will know the basis of the organization of the punishments and understand the logics in the penalty, their connections with the social structure as well as the modalities of application and the reforms.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Ex cathedra course including interactions with students.

Differents parts of the course are completed during supervised exercices.

Contribution to the teaching profile

Penology analyzes the ultimate part of the penal administration which concerns punishments

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Bibliography ad hoc during the course

Other information

Contacts

Secrétariat de l'Ecole des sciences criminologiques : 02.650.39.41

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Oral examination and supervised exercices

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

75% for ooral examination and 25% for supervised exercices

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

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