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

QUESTÕES APROFUNDADAS DO COMPORTAMENTO DESVIANTE - 2017/2018

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

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Inês Sousa Guedes

Class type and School hours

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

To know the contribution of social sciences in the understanding of deviance.
To know the main sociological perspectives, framing them in the social conditions of their emergence.

Specific Aims/Objectives

To study the socio-criminological contributes of deviance and social reaction.
To reflect upon the implications of the different sociological theories in the explanation of deviant/delinquent behavior.

Skills to be acquired

To demonstrate knowledge of the main theories applied to the understanding of deviant behavior.
To be able to explain deviant behavior related to specific contexts and behaviors according to the theories studied.
To be able to apply and explain the different theories of the current criminal reality.

Teaching Procedures

Expositive and demonstrative method and practical work.

Programme

I- Introduction
1. Key concepts of sociological thinking
1.1. Comte e Durkheim
1.2. Functionalism, symbolic interactionism, ethnometodology
2. Contributions of sociological perspectives
- Psychosocial and sociological approaches of deviance and delinquency
1. Chicago School: Park´s ecological theory; Burgess´s concentric zones theory; Shaw and McKay´s juvenile delinquency theories
2. R. Merton´s Anomie Theory
3. Cohen´s subculturel theory
4. Cloward and Ohlin´s opportunity theory
4.1. Gangs study
5. Deviance and social processes
5.1. Social Learning theories
5.2. Sutherland´s Differential Association Theory
6. Interactionism and societal reaction theories (Becker and Goffman).
7.Social control theories: Hirschi´s control theory; Gottfredson and Hirshi´s self control theory.

Evaluation Type

2 shot exames
1 practical essay with oral presentation
1 final exam

Teaching Resources

Audiovisual media
Practical exercises

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Deviant Behavior
Delinquency
Anti social behavior

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography