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Presentation
Presentation
Developmental criminology is a specific branch of criminology that studies the onset, persistence and (eventual) desistance of delinquent behavior within the framework of the criminal career. For this, it is based on longitudinal studies, following individuals over time with the objective of explaining and describing delinquent behavior over time, the risk factors that precede, co-occur or influence such behavior, paying attention to the way life-events influence delinquent behavior.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT6358-23384
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Contents:
- Basis and legitimization of Development Criminology
- Base Main concepts, object and objectives
- Life cycle, age and criminal conduct
- Evolution of the criminal path:
- Emergence, progress, stabilization and remission
- Crime and life conditions
- Crime at the end of the life cycle
- Crime, age and gender
- Empirical studies
- Main methods
- Longitudinal studies
- Main developmental theories
- Basis and legitimization of Development Criminology
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Objectives
Objectives
The course intends to introduce students to the field of Developmental Criminology, at the level of the main concepts, allowing them to acquire knowledge about criminal, antisocial and delinquent behavior - onset, persistance, stabilization and desistance - at the descriptive, explanatory and applied levels.
It is intended that students acquire training on:
- Development Criminology, its objectives, constructs, methods and main issues;
- Life cycle : routes ; developmental theories and respective theoretical contribution to the enunciation and understanding/explanation of the development of transgressive behaviors;
- Most relevant longitudinal studies and results;
- Application of Developmental Criminology to the life cycle and the explanation of delinquent behaviors., as well as its use as an instrument of prevention policies;
- Cumulatively, the issue of gender is addressed in the context of criminality.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The course is based on theoretical and practical lessons. Expositive, demonstrative, interrogative and active methods are used, favouring student participation and promoting debates.
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References
References
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[FARRINGTON], [D.] - [Integrated developmental & life-course theories of offending]. [Brunswick: Transaction Publ. Local, 2005]
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[FARRINGTON D.,WELSH, B] - [From juvenile delinquency to adult crime: criminal careers, justice policy, and prevention]. [Oxford University Press, 2012]
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[SAMPSON], [R], [LAUB], [J]. - [Developmental criminology and its discontents]. [The annals of the American Academy]
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[SARGENTO], [P. ]- [Temas candentes em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento]. [Lisboa: Climepsi Editores, 2007]
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
