Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: Criminology
CRIMINOLOGIA CLÍNICA - 2018/2019
1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Cândido da Agra
Assistant Professor: Mestre Josefina Castro
Class type and School hours
Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas
Teaching Language
Portuguese
Main Aims/Objectives
The UC aims to introduce students to the field of clinical criminology, object, concepts, theoretical and methodological perspectives.
Specific Aims/Objectives
- To frame clinical criminology in general criminology
- To understand the emergency conditions and the current developments of clinical criminology, at theoretical, methodological and applied levels.
- To identify the distinctive elements of the clinical approach
-Know the limits and implications of clinical criminology and the ethical and deontological issues that its practice raises.
Skills to be acquired
- the necessary knowledge to understand the clinical approach in criminology, its specificities and theoretical and methodological frameworks.
- basic clinical skills, analysis and planning necessary for evaluation and intervention, taking into account the limits and implications of clinical practice in the field of criminology
Teaching Procedures
The presentation of the programmatic contents is combined with the analysis of the relevant literature and with the accomplishment of exercises of application related to the topics taught.
Programme
I- From General Criminology to Clinical Criminology
1. Delimitation of the object and specificities of the clinical approach in the criminological field
2. The emergence and crisis of clinical criminology
II-Concepts and models
1. Dangerousness and criminal personality
1.1.Conceptual and theoretical framework
1.2. From dangerousness to risk: an historical and critical approach
2. Models: psychoanalytic, phenomenological, humanistic and cognitive-behavioral
III- The clinical approach
1. Understanding and Interpreting
2.Process and dynamics of psycho-criminological assessment
3. Models and tools for the clinical observation and assessment
Evaluation Type
Two written tests
Teaching Resources
Scientific publications; electronic databases
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
clinical criminology; personality; dangerousness; risk
Main Bibliography
Author | Bartol, C.; Bartol, A. |
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Title | Criminal Behavior. A Psychological Approach |
Edition | 2017 |
Editor | Pearson |
Author | Raine, A. |
Title | The psychopatology of crime. Criminal Behavior as |
Place | San Diego |
Editor | Academic Press |
Year | 1993 |
Author | DEBUYST, Ch. |
Title | Perspetivas de Criminologia Clínica |
Place | Belo Horizonte |
Editor | D´Plácido |
Year | 2018 |
Complementary Bibliography
Author | Andrews, D. A.; Bonta, J. |
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Title | The Psychology of Criminal Conduct |
Author | Otto, R.; Douglas, K. (Eds) |
Title | Handbook of violence risk assessment |