Intervention Programs with Victims

Programas de Intervenção com Vítimas

Course code:67123

Andreia Matias

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

• Understand the intervention goals with victims, relating them to the appropriate framework in legal and technical terms
• Recognize the specificities and the ethical and deontological limits of psychology scope
• Know, describe and analyze the main models and methods of intervention with victims, favoring evidence based practice
• Characterize and train intervention strategies for different forms of violence and age groups of victims (children, youth and adults)
• Compare the advantages and limits of individual and group interventions
• Recognize the specific characteristics and requirements of interventions conducted in an institutional environment or in community
• Plan and adopt procedures for effective intervention in different contexts of victimization
   

  Syllabus:

  1. Intervention with victims in the forensic context
  2. Intervention Contexts
  3. Intervention planning, implementation and evaluation
   

  Suggested Bibliography:

• Bush, S. S.; Connell, M. A. & Denney, R. L. (2006). Ethical practice in Forensic Psychology: A systematic model for decision making. American Psychological Association
• Green, D.L. & Roberts, A.R. (2008). Helping Victims of Violent Crime: Assessment, Treatment, and Evidence- Based Practice. New York: Springer
• Monteiro, S., & Soeiro, C. (2012). Manual de Procedimentos de Atendimento à Vítima. Coisas de Ler
• Sani, A. I. & Caridade, S. (2013). Violência, agressão e vitimação: Práticas para a intervenção. Coimbra: Almedina
• Machado. C. (2010). Vitomologia: Das novas abordagens teóricas às novas práticas de intervenção. Braga: Psiquilíbrios Edições
• Matos, M. (2014). Vítimas de crime e violência: Prática de intervenção. Braga: Psiquilíbrios Edições