Certificate - Victim Justice and Interventions
- 1 year
- Duration
- 14,884 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Certificate
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oshawa / Canada
- Location
- Durham College
- School
Program description
This program will equip participants with the specific victimology knowledge and abilities needed to offer a range of services to victims/survivors and their families.
You'll pay attention to:
- Different kinds of crimes (e.g., intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and physical and sexual abuse).
- Determining, evaluating, and offering therapeutic solutions to victims
- Creating and providing victim service education to community members and professionals
- Relationships in the criminal justice system between criminals and victims/survivors.
After completing this program, you will be qualified to represent crime victims in the criminal justice system and other systems, evaluate victims and direct them to the right resources, and work with individuals, families, and groups as a member of a risk assessment team.
In order to get a comprehensive grasp of the prospects open to you after graduation, you will conduct a field placement in victim services, which will allow you to work with corporate and community service agencies.
Program structure
SEMESTER 1
- Diversity and Victimology: Indigenous Peoples
- Victimology: Assessment and Intervention
- Violence Against Women: Assessment and Intervention
- Impact Of Crime and Legal Perspectives
- Reflection, Self Care and Professional Practice
- Adolescent Development and Mental Health
- Research and Grant/Proposal Writing
SEMESTER 2
- Victim Assistance Strategies and Trauma-Informed Practice
- Victimology and Children
- Victimology and Older Persons
- Victimology and Men
- Education for At Risk Youth
- Community Partnerships
Price
YEAR 1
SEMESTER 1
- Tuition: 7,442.05 CAD
- Program Fee: 165 CAD
- Ancillary Fee: 1,182.11 CAD
- DCSI Ancillary Fee*: 386.89 CAD
Total: 9,176.05 CAD
SEMESTER 2
- Tuition: 7,442.04 CAD
- Program Fee: 0 CAD
- Ancillary Fee: 480.71 CAD
- DCSI Ancillary Fee: 102.75 CAD
Total: 8,025.5 CAD
*Durham College Students International
The total cost may vary depending on the time of enrollment
Requirements for applicants
- Related diploma or degree
OR
- A minimum of three years of related industry experience detailed in a professional resumé with a letter of intent may be considered.
- English language proficiency
- Academic IELTS: 6.5, no band score less than 6.0
- IBT TOEFL: 88, with minimum section scores of 22
- PTE Academic: 60 minimum overall, no section below 57 L,W,S,R
- CAEL: Overall score of 70, no section below 70
- DET 110
About the university
Since its inception in 1967, Durham College (DC) has been guided by the following ideals:
- an unwavering dedication to student success;
- high-quality programs led by exceptional teachers with real-world experience;
- graduates who have gone on to excellent professional success;
- a treasured relationship with the community.
Durham College has Oshawa and Whitby campuses, Ontario, Canada.
More than 140 full-time programs in a wide range of disciplines are available to students at Durham College (DC), giving them a great chance to succeed in their chosen areas. Students in the District of Columbia excel in a wide variety of fields, including sustainable practice innovation, creative writing, design, filmmaking, and animation, service to others in the areas of health and social welfare, and legal advocacy.
Durham College is a values-based institution that prioritizes its students' and community's needs first. To this end, we've made it a priority to create a welcoming culture within our college.
