Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: Criminology
CRIMINALIDADE E DISCRIMINAÇÃO DE GÉNERO - 2016/2017
3º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Joana Oliveira
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Joana Oliveira
Class type and School hours
Teaching Language
Portuguese
Main Aims/Objectives
- Knowing the reality of crime and its expression in gender - Understanding genderized circumstances (eg, inequality of opportunity based on gender, marital violence, etc.) and their relationship to the crime - Ability to promote critical analysis of gender discrimination in crime.
Specific Aims/Objectives
- Understand the specifics of the crime in the female and male.
- Understand the specifics of female and male victimization.
- Develop a critical stance in relation to gender discrimination.
Skills to be acquired
- Ability to research and integrate information (comprehension, analysis and synthesis)
- Ability to communicate orally (conceptual rigor) and writing (writing of scientific papers)
- Ability to self-criticism
Teaching Procedures
- Oral presentation with a view to deepening theoretical and open discussion with students.
- Active participation of students
- Preparation and discussion by students, a work of deepening one of the issues addressed in the course.
Programme
Introductory aspects of crime and gender discrimination
Conceptual clarification.
The study of gender and crime
- The state of criminology
- The importance of human rights perspective.
2. The female crime
- Women as transgressive
Who is the female offender?
Current trends: the "search for equivalence"
- Traditional positivist approaches:
a) Biological Approaches
b) Sociological approaches
- Approaches that focus on family and gender roles according to
- Positivist approaches the construction of female criminal careers
c) critical criminology
- Crime and construction of gender
- Feminism and (re) conceptualization of gender in scientific studies
The Punishment of female crime
3. The male Crime
Key themes in the study of men, masculinities and crime
The punishment of crime male
Theories of men, masculinities and crime
4. The female victimization
women Victims
Gendering the victim: the extent and nature of violence against women
The effects of violence against women
5. The male victimization
Men as victims
Men as victims of crime - the knowledge base
The response of justice for the victims of male
Explaining patterns of male victimization
6. Control systems and gender
Gender and Work in Criminal Justice
The police service
The prison service
The probation service
Other criminal justice agencies
The limitations of statistical information
Gender inequalities and organizational cultures
7. The Criminal Justice System: a genderized context
The call for diversity
The benefits of gender balance
social justice
Evaluation Type
- 2 Written points
- Individual deepening of a problem
Teaching Resources
Multimedia projector
Presentations in theoretical and practical classes
Summaries
bibliography
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
Criminality
Gender
Gender discrimination
Equal rights
Main Bibliography
Author | Silvestri, Marisa; Crowther-Dower, Chris |
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Title | Gender and Crime |
Place | Londres |
Editor | Sage Publications, Ltd. |
Year | 2008 |
Author | Britton, D.M. |
Title | The gender of crime. |
Place | Plymouth, UK |
Editor | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Year | 2011 |
Author | Davies, P. |
Title | Gender, crime and victimization |
Place | London |
Editor | Sage Publicatons, Ltd |
Year | 2011 |
Complementary Bibliography
Author | Maguire, M., Morgan, R., & Reiner, R. |
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Title | The Oxford Handbook of Criminology |
Edition | 5th Ed |
Place | New York |
Editor | Oxford University Press |
Year | 2012 |
Author | Heimer, K, & Kruttschnitt, C. |
Title | Gender & Crime. Patterns in victimization and offe |