Class Fundamentals of Criminology

The objective of this CU is to introduce students to the area of criminological knowledge, especially in the object and its epistemological, theoretical, and empirical foundations, as well as with regard to the structuring areas

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Definition, object, and delimitation. Criminological knowledge space; structuring areas. Victimology, social control, its devices, feeling of insecurity, biopsychosocial and environmental crime. Crime, criminality, criminal, and victim. Macro and micro perspectives. The social reaction. Epistemological foundations of Criminology and its insertion in the social sciences; transversality and pluridisciplinarity. Theoretical and empirical views. Fundamental and applied criminology. Criminology and justice; Criminology definition of public policies regarding crime. Other contributory sciences of Criminology   (Forensic Sciences, Economics, among others). Criminological intervention; clinical logic and preventive incidence. Social reaction and institutional reaction to the criminal phenomenon and its actors. The method in Criminology: introductory note. Reference to criminological and psychological instruments. 

The CU is taught in theoretical-practical classes, associating the nature of exposure of the syllabus with reading, in class, short excerpts of scientific articles and works, commented on by everyone, under the guidance of the teacher. Students with special status as provided for by law or regulations which exempt them from compulsory attendance at classes, but who wish to be assessed under the continuous assessment system, must inform the lecturer of the course unit as soon as they become aware of this fact, but always at least 90 days before the end of the term, so that the lecturer can arrange an alternative form of assessment or monitoring, which may involve  the submission of a written assignment, reports and/or an oral examination.

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