KRIM4953 – Criminological Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality and Violence
Course description
Course content
This course addresses gender, violence and sexuality through presenting and discussing literature, analytical perspectives and empirical case studies on sexual violence.
The course critically addresses criminalization processes and presentations of gender, sexuality and violence in research, policy and media. The course crosses disciplinary boundaries and emphasizes a variety of approaches to the issue, although with a criminological starting point.
With the course literature as a point of departure, each lecture will present and discuss the historical development and current status of theory and empirical research on sexual violence. This will include - but not be limited to - relevant research questions, dominating and alternative approaches and research challenges relevant to the overall thematic.
Learning outcome
The course emphasizes the special contribution that criminological gender research can offer to the understanding of violence and sexuality, and the relation and intersection between these at individual, symbolical and institutional levels. National, transnational and international contexts are addressed, with a primary focus on gender and sexuality (re)presentations in research on and debates about sexual violence.
Knowledge,?at the end of the course, students are expected to:
have a thorough understanding of the central discussions and positions in contemporary social scientific research on sexual violence.
know how sexual acts, relations and violence have been met by law and society
know and be able to discuss the contributions of different theoretical perspectives on sexual violence
know how presentations of violence, perpetrators and victimization processes are often gender-specific and be able to reflect on potential consequences such gendered understandings may have.
Skills,?at the end of the course, students are expected to:
be able to apply central concepts, theories and empirical examples in analysis of sexual violence
be able to discuss and problematize central themes addressed through the course