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Presentation
Presentation
This Curricular Unit provides a current, comprehensive and understandable overview of the main topics, theories and controversies in the field of crime.
It considers the different theoretical perspectives, articulating them with the prevention and intervention responses. It integrates theory and research, allowing students to better understand how theory relates to various types of crime and responses, in an empirically based way; It integrates a comparative perspective, where appropriate, and examples or case studies.
It is an essential and complementary to victimology, contributing to a holistic perspective of victimology. Victimization and crime cannot be considered separately, but together, and this Curricular Unit contribute to this joint analysis.
It provides essential knowledge for a better understanding of psychological intervention with offenders, as well as forensic assessment with aggressors (juveniles and adults).
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 6
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP1960-22651
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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
S1: Conceptual approach to crime and delinquency
1.1. The mutability of the concept of crime: complexity in the definition (s)
1.2. Transgression, antisocial behavior, deviant behavior, crime and juvenile delinquency - definition and clarification of concepts
S2: Explanatory theories of crime
2.1. The classical school and the positivist school
2.2. Biological theories
2.3. Sociological theories
2.4. Psychological theories
2.5. Developmental theories
2.6. The biopsychosocial model - integrated perspective
2.7: The main risk factors resulting from theoretical models and research
S3: Conceptual framework and characterization of the main types of crime and offenders
3.1. Marital offenders
3.2. Stalkers
3.3. Sex offenders
3.4. Violent offenders and psychopathy
3.5. Juvenile offenders
3.6. Other types of crime
S4: Ethical-deontological issues in the articulation between the offender and the justice system and in investigations with offenders
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Objectives
Objectives
LO1: Understand and explain how crime and delinquency have been conceptualized.
LO2: Recognize and differentiate the different explanatory theories of crime and delinquency, namely their background, principles, implications and limitations;
LO3: Reflect critically on the explanatory capacity of different theories on crime and delinquency
LO4: Recognize and critically reflect on the risk factors resulting from theoretical models and research on crime and delinquency
LO5: Recognize the main types of crime and understand its prevalence, characteristics of offenders, risk factors, conceptual models and criminal recidivism.
LO6: Apply and integrate theoretical knowledge in the conceptualization of specific cases;
LO7: Critically reflect on ethical-deontological issues in the articulation between the offender and the justice system and in investigations with offenders
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Interactive exhibition, combining the expository method with active techniques, such as demonstrations of the content covered, application and understanding exercises. The interactive exhibition is also accompanied by questioning, seeking for the student to pose hypotheses, resolve contradictions, argue and communicate their point of view.
Another pedagogical methodology will be collaborative learning. Considering that providing challenging tasks to the group constitutes an excellent learning opportunity, the “jigsaw” technique will be used to structure collaborative learning: students are divided into small groups and each group studies a different part of the program content (a type specific crime), becoming a specialist in this area to teach colleagues the content they learned.
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References
References
§Bonta, J., Andrews, D. (2017). The Psychology of Criminal Conduct. New York: Routledge.
Edwards, B.D., & Travis, L.F. (2024). Introduction do CriminalJustice. London: Routledge.
Hagan, F., & Daigle, D. (2023). Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior (edition 11). London: Sage.
Howitt, D. (2022). Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology. (7th edition). London: Pearson
Roberson, C., & Azaola, E. (2021). Juvenile deliquency: Why do youths commit crime? London: Rowman & Littlefield.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No