Victimology
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
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Online campus
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
This part-time online certificate is designed for professionals who work in a variety of fields (e.g. crisis response, criminal justice system, social services, child protection) providing services to and advocating for victims of crime.
Students will develop an understanding of the history and theories of victimization, victims` rights, victim populations, crime and its effects on victims, and the role of victim services agencies in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of victim services and advocacy. Specific course emphasis is given to issues such as childhood physical and sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, human trafficking, and sexual assault.
Graduates of the program will be able to plan, implement, and evaluate interventions aimed at prevention and healing for victims of crime; advocate for victims of crime; and develop plans for referring victims of crime to appropriate services.
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Location
Start date
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About this course
Upon completion of the program, individuals may find employment opportunities within a variety of occupational fields providing services to victims of crime, including social services, child protection, crisis response, the criminal justice system and in policy areas related to victimization.
Potential career and industry options may include working in:
Child Protection
Group Homes or Shelters
Community-Based Victim-Oriented Resource Centres
Social Services
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or 19 years of age or older
Students must successfully complete all courses within 7 years of acceptance into the program in order to graduate.
Students must obtain a G.P.A. of 2.0 or 60% or higher to obtain this certificate.
Students are recommended to have a diploma or degree in a related field prior to registering for this program
Upon successful completion of the online Victimology certificate program, students will obtain a Sault College certificate.
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Subjects
- Victimology
- Victims of Crime
- Victim Assistance Services
- Victim Assistance
- Childhood Victimization
Course programme
- OEL1137 - 2 Indigenous Peoples: Understanding and Reducing Victimization
- OEL1234 - 3 Victims of Crime
- OEL1278 - 3 Victim Assistance Services
- OEL1357 - 3 Victimology: Theoretical Perspectives
- OEL1358 - 3 Victimology: Assessment and Intervention
- OEL1359 - 2 Diversity and Victim Assistance
- Electives:
- Victimology: Theoretical Perspectives
- Victims of Crime
- Indigenous Peoples: Understanding and Reducing Victimization
- Victim Assistance Services
- Victimology: Assessment and Intervention
- Diversity and Victim Assistance
- Human Trafficking & Intersectionality
- Violence Against Women
- Men as Victims
- Childhood Victimization
- Victimization and The Law
- Self-Care and Professional Practice
Victimology