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

SEGURANÇA E PREVENÇÃO - 2017/2018

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

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Inês Sousa Guedes
Assistant Professor: Mestre Josefina Castro

Class type and School hours

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Understand (in)security as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon.
Perceiving and framing interventions in the face of the phenomenon of insecurity in Western societies (paradigm of security governance)
Know the different concepts and models of criminal prevention.
Analyze the new security issues of transnational nature.

Specific Aims/Objectives

To know the different conceptualizations of (in) security, both in the subjective and objective aspects, as well as the way in which it has been operationalized.
Understanding contemporary trends in security governance and criminal prevention in Western societies.
To deepen the concepts and models of existing criminal prevention.
Critically analyze the problems of cybercrime and terrorism.

Skills to be acquired

Students should be able to understand the complexity and multidimensionality of the concept of fear of crime, its explaning factors, as well as its operationalization.
They are expected to understand the main current crime prevention models.
They should also be able to characterize national and transnational security problems such as cybercrime and terrorism.

Teaching Procedures

Expositive and demonstrative method and practical work.

Programme

I - (In) security and Prevention
1. Introduction to the theoretical-empirical study of (in) security: concepts and theoretical-empirical developments
2. The fear of crime
2.1. Conceptual discussion
2.2. Individual, social and environmental factors
2.3. Methodologies and research techniques

3. Governance of security and criminal prevention
3.1.Elements for the understanding of contemporary trends in security governance and criminal prevention in Western societies
3.2. Criminal prevention: concepts and models

II- Special Topics
1. Cybercrime and cybersecurity
2. Terrorism

Evaluation Type

2 tests
One written work and oral presentation

Teaching Resources

Books, electronic databases
Practical exercises

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Security
Fear of crime
Criminal prevention

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography