Minor in Victimology and Victim Services (VVS)
The VVS minor educates students who have an interest in understanding how to better support victims of crime and their recovery experiences. Students will learn how victims are incorporated in, and responded to, throughout the criminal justice system from the point of reporting the crime, to prosecution of the crime, and case closure. Students also learn about the reasons victims may cease engagement in the criminal justice system and/or not engage in the criminal justice system at all.
The experience of the victim will be emphasized throughout the criminal justice system (e.g., police, courts, corrections). This will include teaching students about disparities in experiences with the criminal justice system across marginalized groups of victims (e.g., Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, LGBTQIA+ individuals). Further, students will learn how the criminal justice system may work to further, or curb, continued victimization among victims of crime.
The minor may be of interest to students majoring in the following areas:
- Gerontology
- Emergency Management
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Pre-Health
- Pre-Law
- Psychology
- Public Health Women's and Gender Studies
Requirements
The requirements to earn a minor in Victimology and Victim Services will consist of a minimum of 15 credit hours to include:
Required courses (must complete all 3):
- CRCJ 4410 Victimology
- CRCJ 4440 Victims’ Rights and Services
- CRCJ 4000 Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
Elective courses (select 2 — must include 1 CRCJ course):
- CRCJ 3390 Women, Crime and Justice
- CRCJ 4400 Domestic Violence
- CRCJ 4420 Child Abuse and Neglect
- CRCJ 4510 Violence
- CRCJ 4430 Human Trafficking
- CRCJ 4450 Sexual Violence
- SOWK 4830 Crisis Intervention
- SOWK 4620 Trauma and Resilience
- SOWK 4640 Social Work in Child Welfare
- SOWK 4650 Social Work in Mental Health
Contact Us
Katie Hansen Assistant Director of Advising, Omaha
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Phone: 402.554.2610