Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: Criminology

CRIMINOLOGIA NA ACTUALIDADE - 2016/2017

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 7.5

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Olga Cunha
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Andreia Castro Rodrigues

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórica : 1 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

To deepen and understand fundamental issues of criminology, particularly the current criminology.
To deepen their knowledge of current trends in prevention and intervention in different criminal phenomena.

Specific Aims/Objectives

To know and reflect about different topics of current criminology
To know the prevalence and manifestations of different current criminal phenomena
To know and apply different prevention strategies to specific criminal phenomena
To know and apply different intervention strategies to specific criminal phenomena
To know the investigation in Portugal on different themes of criminology

Skills to be acquired

To know different criminal phenomena, in terms of prevalence and forms of manifestation.
To know prevention and intervention strategies for each specific criminal phenomenon.
To know the investigation in Portugal in different criminal phenomena.

Teaching Procedures

Lectures
Practical classes
Tutorials

Programme

- Definition of Criminology. Object of Criminology. Themes of today criminology.
- Economic and financial Crime: Prevalence, forms of manifestation and prevention.
- Terrorism: Prevalence, forms of manifestation and prevention.
- Trafficking in human beings: Prevalence, forms of manifestation and prevention.
- State Violence: Prevalence, forms of manifestation and prevention.
- Cybercrime: Computer crimes and cyberstalking.
- Female Crime: Prevalence, forms of manifestation and prevention.

Evaluation Type

2 shot exames
1 practical essay
1 final exam

Teaching Resources

Audiovisual media
Clinical cases
Practical exercises

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Criminatily
Crime
Violence
Prevention

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography