Class Criminal Sociology

Provide students with knowledge, skills and a critical sense regarding the science embodied by Criminal Sociology, analyzing contemporary issues; as well as an understanding and assimilation of Sociology as an auxiliary science for a better decoding and interpretation of deviant behavior in today's society; the state of the art in the field of criminal sociology; and to consolidate in students the importance of this scientific area for a better understanding of the problems related to the evolution of society in a context of risk and the search for appropriate responses by formal bodies.

S1: Criminology, Sociology, deviance, crime, violence, administrative offence, misdemeanor, incivility. The civilization process and the global risk society. Crime as a social product;

S2: Sociological Explanatory Theories of Crime;

S3: Crime, education and youth;

S4: Crime, fear and security;

S5: Crime and gender.

The initial continuous assessment consists of a written work, i.e., a critical review of a study to be designated by the head of the UC (20%), presented orally (without any assistants) and participation in the classroom (30%) and a written test ( 50%) on the subject taught in the semester, where the student must obtain a grade equal to or greater than 10 (ten) values so that he can average the remaining elements of evaluation. Students who score 8 or 9 in the continuous assessment may submit to the continuous global assessment. The resource and special season assessment consists of a written exam and an oral exam, where the student must obtain a final grade equal to or greater than 10 points. Students who do not deliver the written work and/or do not perform the oral presentation, automatically move to the resource assessment, being prevented from carrying out the initial continuous global assessment.

MACHADO, Helena (2008). Manual de Sociologia do Crime, Porto, Edições Afrontamento.

GRILO, Mariana e POIARES, Nuno - Mulheres e Desvio: Crimes Sexuais e Magistratura Judicial. ex aequo, 45, 65-82, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22355/exaequo.2022.45.06 

POIARES, Nuno - Polícia e Direitos Humanos: Multiculturalismo, Género, Saúde Mental e LGBTQIA+. Coimbra, Edições Almedina, 2023. 

POIARES, Nuno - Violência doméstica e atividade policial, Anatomia do Crime - Revista de Ciências Jurídico-Criminais, 9, Lisboa: IDPCC – Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, 59-75, 2019.

POIARES, Nuno e DIAS, Eurico - Igreja Católica e Direito Criminal: uma abordagem sociológica ao Código Penal Português (1886), REVER, UCP e PUC de São Paulo, 311-329, 2019. 

POIARES, Nuno - Revisitando a galeria de criminosos célebres em Portugal. História da Criminologia Contemporânea (1896-1908), Politeia, I. Lisboa, ISCPSI, 405-420, 2016.