Selected issues of rehabilitation of sex offenders WF-PS-N-WZR
Selected issues of social rehabilitation of sex offenders (exercises)
Objectives: Getting to know the problems in the field of psychopathology of sex offenders with references to social rehabilitation, including psychotherapy (including Gestalt therapy).
Learning outcome: Attitude - openness and readiness to help sexual offenders. Competence - knowledge of the subject - psychopathology of sex offenders.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of personality psychology and clinical psychology.
Assessment methods: Completion of the course - in the oral form (verification interview). The material presented in the exercises is obligatory.
Program content:
1. Paraphilias (main focus: definitions, classification).
2. Pedophilia (main topic: case study, causes, categories, treatment options).
3. Pedophilia in the Gestalt plane (main area: background, figures, characters).
4. Sadomasochism and necrophilia and crime (main focus: etiology, development, therapy).
5. Other paraphilias - e.g. gerontophilia and zoophilia (main focus: etiology, development, therapy).
6. Rape (main concern: etiology, psychological consequences, post-traumatic stress).
7. Rape in the Gestalt plane (main focus: background, figures, characters).
8. Factors affecting sexual crime (mainly: alcohol, biological, psychological and cultural factors).
9. Personality of sex offenders (main focus: juvenile and adult offenders, directions of change).
10. Abused syndromes (mainly: battered wife syndrome, battered husband syndrome, Stockholm syndrome).
11. Strategies and methods of social rehabilitation interactions for sex offenders.
12. Social rehabilitation programs for sex offenders - STOP and "Respect".
13. Finally live - 12 steps of life (possibility of adapting the program to sex offenders).
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student has knowledge of sexual deviations (1).
The student has knowledge of the psychological factors that characterize sex offenders (2).
The student has knowledge of social rehabilitation programs for sex offenders (3).
Skill
The student has the ability to select research and diagnostic methods for sex offenders (4).
Competence
The student is able to conduct a basic therapeutic and social rehabilitation session for sex offenders (5).
Assessment criteria
Completion of the subject orally (verification interview). Two absences allowed. Grade 3 - basic, general knowledge of issues; grade 4 - detailed knowledge of the issues; grade 5 - the ability to transfer theoretical content to the social rehabilitation, practical and therapeutic plane.
Bibliography
Mandatory reading:
1. Kępiński A., Z psychopatologii życia seksualnego, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 2003.
3. Pospiszyl K., Przestępstwa seksualne, APS - PWN, Warszawa 2006.
Recommended item:
1. Beisert M., Kazirodztwo. Rodzice w roli sprawców, Scholar, Warszawa 2004.
Notes
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Term 2022/23_L:
Prerequisites: basic knowledge of personality psychology and clinical psychology. |
Term 2023/24_L:
Prerequisites: basic knowledge of personality psychology and clinical psychology. |
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