Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: Criminology

Versao Portuguesa

CRIMINOLOGIA - 2016/2017

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Olga Cunha
Assistant Professor: Mestre Vítor Silva

Class type and School hours

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

- To know the concepts and scope of criminology and criminalistic and its application to the criminal investigation
- To understand the concept of crime
- To know and to apply different criminal investigation strategies/techniques

Specific Aims/Objectives

- To understand the concepts of criminology, criminalistic and criminal investigation
- To understand the historical evolution of criminal investigation
- To know and to understand the modern criminal investigation
- To know and to understand the principles of criminalistic/criminal investigation
- To understand and to apply criminal investigation techniques and knowledges

Skills to be acquired

- To know and to apply interviewing/interrogation techniques
- To understand basics of Forensic Medicine
- To understand the concept of evidence
- To know and to apply strategies of crime scene analysis
- To know the concept of evidence chain of custody
- To know and to understand the criminal investigation in Portugal

Teaching Procedures

Lectures
Practical classes
Tutorials

Programme

- Criminology, criminalistic and criminal investigation: Concept, object and objectives
- The criminal investigation: A historical perspective. History of policing. Early forms of investigation. The pre-police. The development of modern police and criminal investigations. Science in criminal investigation.
- Investigating crime. Concept/definition of crime. The modern criminal investigation. Police functions.
- Principles of Criminology. The Locard principle. The Individuality principle.
- Interview and interrogation. Functions of the interview/interrogation. Interview/interrogation techniques. Motivation techniques. Implementation of the interview/interrogation.
- Legal Medicine. Types of death. Early signs of death. Corpse identification. Late signs of death. Cadaveric rigidity. Cadaveric Livor. Destructive phenomena. Conservative phenomena. Types of injuries.
- Violent death situations. Suicide. Accident. Homicide.
- Evidences. Evidence means. Means of obtaining evidence. Evidence. Traces.
- The work at the scene crime. Concept of crime scene. Crime scene management concept. Activities of the crime scene management. Subsequent activities to the crime scene management.
- The chain of custody of evidence.

Evaluation Type

2 shot exames
1 practical essay
1 final exam

Teaching Resources

Audiovisual media
Clinical cases
Practical exercises
Documentaries

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Criminology
Crime
Criminal investigation
Criminalistic

Main Bibliography

Author SAFERSTEIN, Richard
Title Criminalistics: An introduction to forensic scien
Edition 9th Ed.
Place New Jersey
Editor Pearson/Prentice Hall
Year 2007
Author WILLIAMS, Andy
Title Forensic criminology
Place New York
Editor Routledge
Year 2015
Author BRAZ, José
Title Ciência, tecnologia e investigação criminal
Place Coimbra
Editor Almedina
Year 2015

Complementary Bibliography

Author BRAZ, José
Title Investigação criminal
Author PINHEIRO, Fátima
Title CSI Criminal