Class Seminar on Criminological Themes III

This UC, like the homonymous UCs ¿¿I and II, aims to provide students with the complementary knowledge that is essential for comprehensive training in order to exercise the professional activity of criminologists.

The practical character is emphasized, based, again, on teaching by specialists with field work and connection to public institutions.

A. SEX CRIMES Legal framework. Crimes against sexual freedom and sexual self-determination. Related crimes.Contexts of aggression and segments most vulnerable to victimization. Adult victims and children.Crimes inside and outside the family Pedophilia and gerontophilia. Characteristics of aggressors and crime ecology; social networks. Victims: characterization and risks.Complaint; cases of silence: suffering - consequences. Blaming the victim and loyalty to the aggressor. Securing victims.Clinical and forensic cases

B. REPORTING Framework. Capture of the case via the process. Criminologist contacts with lawyer and forensic psychologist. Relevant issues Coordinates of the report: identification of the process, subject, request: response to the request only. Criminological analysis of the case. Knowing the subject: personality and behavior. Cooperation with mental health technicians. Description of the subject-case relationship. Criminological impact Writing formalism. Defense. Role-play

The teaching and assessment methodology will be based on lectures by teachers and debate with students.

Students must participate in three extracurricular activities organized by the University or course, indicated by the professors.

The final classification will correspond to:

Attendance at three sessions indicated by the professors and preparation of a report on each one - 50%;

Frequency covering all modules - 50%

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