Aims

- Pose the problem of the "treatment [ within the framework ] of the delinquency" (to distinguish the various forms from possible treatments: prevention, assistance and therapy; to think the articulation of the treatment and social control),- Introduce the students with the "methods of treatments of the delinquents" who result from various psychological or sociological theories of the delinquency - Train the students with the methods evaluation of the "methods of treatment of the delinquents". At the end of this formation, the student must ° To know the various methods evaluation, the difficulties which they raise so much in terms of internal validity than of external validity, and the manners of solving them ° To read in manner criticizes a scientific article relative to a research on methods treatment of the delinquency ° To design a device of research on methods of treatment of the delinquency

Main themes

The purpose of the course in an epistemological inquiry into the notion of treatment for crime.
The course seeks to draw distinctions between the various forms of action possible : prevention, assistance or therapy. Lastly, it tries to compare the relevant features and consequences of repression versus therapy.

As regards content, the course offers a historical description of the evolution of the theories of treatment as they relate to criminal sanctions.

The course also deals with the various modes or levels of treatment (individual, collective, institutionnal, as well as based on age).

Lastly, the course focuses attention on the impact of the situation or context in which treatment takes place as determining the therapeutic possibilities. In other words, it examines the effects of treatment offered in prison, on parole or probation, by mental health organizations, under mandatory help schemes etc.

Content and teaching methods

course ex-cathedra.
In its second part, the course consists in scientific articles relative to evaluatives researchs on treatment of the delinquency

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Oral examination.

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