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

SEGURANÇA E PREVENÇÃO - 2022/2023

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

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Samuel Moreira
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Samuel Moreira

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Prática : 1 Horas
Teórica : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

The main objective of the curricular unit is to introduce students to one of the main fields of contemporary Criminology, focusing on themes and lines of research that are central to an integrated understanding of security in contemporary Western societies.

Specific Aims/Objectives

- Identify and characterize the dimensions of (in)security, developing conceptual and methodological tools that are essential to its critical thinking;
- Characterize the models of crime and insecurity prevention;
- Understand the evolution of crime and security governance in contemporary Western societies;
- Know the current organization of some models of internal security from a comparative approach of the Portuguese experience.

Skills to be acquired

Students are expected to:
- Develop skills of analysis and critical reflection on (in)security problems and issues;
- Know the main empirical research methodologies on (in)security and develop application skills;
- Develop skills on search and analysis of relevant scientific literature.

Teaching Procedures

Theoretical and practical classes, combining the exposition of the contents with practical exercises of consolidation and development of the acquired knowledge and competences.
A combination of the expositive and interrogative methods is used, promoting the students´ involvement in the discussion and reflection on the exposed contents. The tutorial classes allow supervision and guidance of the written assignment.

Programme

1. Security and crime
1.1. Conceptual introduction
1.2. Objective insecurity and subjective insecurity
1.3. The dimensions of subjective insecurity: conceptualization and empirical operationalization
1.4. The relationship between objective and subjective (in)security
1.5. Individual and environmental factors (physical and social) and their relationships with (in)security
1.6. Empirical research methodologies and techniques

2. Prevention of crime and insecurity
2.1. The concept of prevention
2.2. Risk and crime prevention
2.3. Introduction to crime prevention models

3. Governance of crime and (in)security
3.1. Conceptual introduction
3.2. Characterizing elements of security governance
3.3. Security, justice, and democracy
3.4. Policing and security
3.5. The Portuguese internal security system: concept, historical evolution, organic and functional analysis

Evaluation Type

The Continuous Evaluation (CE) includes: (i) two exams and; (ii) one written assignment and its oral discussion.

Teaching Resources

Scientific literature and audiovisual materials.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

(In)security
Fear of crime
Crime prevention
Security governance

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography