Cursos / 2º Ciclo / / Faculty of Law :: Criminology
METODOLOGIAS E TÉCNICAS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO - 2018/2019
1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 7.5
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Olga Cunha
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Olga Cunha
Class type and School hours
Teórico-prática : 1 Horas
Teaching Language
Portuguese
Main Aims/Objectives
To know the steps of the research process.
To understand the concepts of qualitative and quantitative research in criminology.
To know the procedures for the construction of research instruments.
To understand the processes of analysis and interpretation of data.
Specific Aims/Objectives
To show how to plan a research project;
To describe each stage of an investigation;
To iIdentify, characterize and distinguish the methods and techniques of qualitative and quantitative research;
To present the conceptual basis for the design and construction of different tools for collecting and analyzing data.
Skills to be acquired
To recognize the specificities of scientific knowledge and its usefulness to improve the intervention in the area of criminology;
To know how to collect empirical and theoretical information needed to initiate a research;
To be able to formulate a solid problematic and to identify the most effective methods for responding to it;
To develop a critical sense in relation to the literature and the results of research;
To know strategies / models for the construction of instruments for collecting and analyzing data.
Teaching Procedures
The lectures will be expository in which the professor will present the program content provided. Part of the classes will be reserved for the resolution of practical exercises and guidance of a practical assignment for the application of knowledge acquired throughout the semester in this course .
Programme
1. What is the Scientific Method? The responses of internal epistemology and external epistemology.
2. The process of construction of scientific thought and its application to criminological thought.
3. Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methodologies: framework
4. Qualitative Research.
- Theoretical and epistemological framework.
- Data collection: interviews, observation, documentary analysis.
5. Quantitative Research
- Theoretical and epistemological framework;
- Data collection: general notions.
6. Basic notions for the construction of models of data analysis.
Evaluation Type
The continuous evaluation contemplates the classification of exercises presented in the classes by the students and commented by the Professor.
Teaching Resources
Books and scientific articles.
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
Research methodologies for criminology;
Criminology
Main Bibliography
Author | PIQUERO, Alex e WEISBURD, David |
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Title | Handbook of quantitative criminology |
Edition | 1ª |
Place | Nova Iorque |
Editor | Springer |
Year | 2010 |
Author | HAGAN, Frank E. |
Title | Research methods in criminal justice and criminol |
Edition | 1ª |
Place | Boston |
Editor | Allyn and Bacon |
Year | 2006 |
Author | Pinto, José Madureira e Silva, Augusto Santos (org |
Title | Metodologias das Ciências Sociais |
Place | Porto |
Editor | Afrontamento |
Year | 1999 |
Complementary Bibliography
Author | QUIVY, Raymond e CAMPENHOUDT, Luc Van |
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Title | Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais |
Edition | 5ª |
Place | Lisboa |
Editor | Gradiva |
Year | 2008 |
Author | MAXFIELD, Michael G. |
Title | Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice an |
Edition | 1ª |
Place | Belmont |
Editor | Wadsworth |
Year | 2006 |