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

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. The propaedeutic nature of this UC, bringing students closer to the reality of the criminal phenomenon and inherent scenarios and social actors, implies greater monitoring by the teacher, as well as encouraging the participation of professionals who, in a class, will present narratives   of activities developed as criminologists. The evaluation will be divided into a written work, with monitoring by the teacher, on a theme to choose from a list to be provided by the teacher, and a test, with a weighting of 50% for each. 

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• Cusson, M. (2006). Criminologia. Cruz Quebrada: Casa das Letras/Editorial Notícias.

• Hagan, F. (2010). Introduction to Criminology: theories, methods and criminal behavior. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

• Liebling, A., Maruna, Sh. & Mcara, L. (Eds.).(2017). The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University press.

• Newburn, T. (2007). Criminology. Devon: Willan Publishing.

• Newburn, T. (Ed.) (2009). Key Reading in Criminology. Oxfordshire: Wilian Publising.

• Walklate, S. (2017). Criminology: the basics. Oxon: Routledge.