Sheet of the course PO2012 | 2019-2020

Characteristics: 1.0 ECTS - Second six-month period

Professors:

Academic Unit: Institute of Psychology

Course of "Laurea": Psicologia: Licenza

Hours not available

Description:

Objectives: The course is an introduction in the field of sexual abuse of minors. The aim is to recognise signs of abuse and to identify the appropriate means of intervention. Furthermore students will be able to address the psychological and theological issues of abuse. Students will understand the need to elaborate prevention measures in order to create a healthy environment. Contents: Reflection on a culture of awareness and sensitivity. Understanding prevention as an essential principle in order to ensure appropriate boundaries. Prevention means to create a safe environment. Pastoral staff as privileged persons for first contact with children and adolescents who have experienced abuse. The current state of preventive work (on the part of the Church). Sexual abuse of minors (What constitutes an abuse? What are the consequences in criminal law and in canon law?). Preventive work (institutional). Respecting boundaries: what to do in cases of alleged sexual abuse. How to speak with children who have been victimized. Teaching Method: During the classes, which are conducted in an interactive form, the presented topics will be discussed and reflected together with the students. Other activities will include group work and role play exercises. Method of Evaluation: Learning will be evaluated through a written paper, following the indications which will be given at the beginning of the course.

Bibliography:

Cucci, C., & Zollner, H. (2010). Chiesa e pedofilia. Una ferita aperta. Un approccio psicologico-pastorale, Milano: Ancora (Saggi). Cucci, G., & Zollner, H. (2013). Church and the abuse of minors. Anand: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash. Scicluna, C. J., Zollner, H., & Ayotte, D. (2012). Verso la Guarigione e il Rinnovamento. Simposio 2012 della Pontificia Università Gregoriana sugli abusi sessuali su minori. Bologna: EDB (Collana Persona e psiche). Scicluna, C. J., Zollner, H., & Ayotte D. (Eds.). (2012). Toward Healing and Renewal. The 2012 Symposium on the Sexual Abuse of Minors Held at the Pontifical Gregorian University. New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press. ? Il libro è disponibile anche in altre lingue. Ore 25 ECTS 1

To consult the course’s Lecture Notes: