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

Versao Portuguesa

CRIMINALIDADE E DISCRIMINAÇÃO DE GÉNERO - 2021/2022

3º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Gilda Santos
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Gilda Santos

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 2 Horas
Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

This curricular unit seeks to deepen the issues related to the perception and experiences of men and women, as victims and offenders. Particularly, it seeks to examine the extent to which criminal behavior varies according to gender, exploring the relationships between gender, crime and victimization. It also intends to explore the performance of the criminal justice system and formal social control bodies, from a gender perspective.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Specifically, it is intended:
1. To understand the specifics of female criminality;
2. To understand the specifics of male victimization;
3. To foster the capacity for critical reflection around the importance of gender issues in the field of criminology, particularly, with regard to the performance of the criminal justice system.

Skills to be acquired

- To critically identify, analyze and reflect on the central concepts and the main theoretical perspectives around crime and gender discrimination;
- To compare and contrast the different approaches explored, reflecting around their main contributions and limitations;
- To critically reflect on the performance of the instances of the formal social control system and the justice system, through a gender perspective.

Teaching Procedures

Demonstrative methodology
Practical exercises
Analysis of scientific texts

Programme

1. Introduction to the study of crime and gender discrimination
1.1 Conceptual clarification
1.2 Exploring the differences between the concepts of gender and sex
1.3 The study of crime and gender in criminology

2. Female crime
2.1 The transgressive woman (historical and social context)
2.2 Traditional approaches (biological and sociological perspectives)
2.3 Theories of feminist criminology
2.4 Current trends
2.5 Female crime and different types of crime

3. Male victimization
3.1 Men as victims of crime: explanation of male victimization patterns
3.2 The justice system´s response to male victims

4. The influence of gender considerations on the performance of the criminal justice system

5. Formal social control systems and it´s relationship to gender:
5.1 Differentiated intervention according to gender (police, prisons, social reintegration)
5.2 Gender stereotypes in the practice of professional activity in these contexts

Evaluation Type

1. Continuous assessment:
1.1 2 Mini-tests
1.2 Group work: literature review around one of themes defined for the curricular unit

2. Final evaluation: Exam

Teaching Resources

Audiovisual resources
Analysis of scientific texts
Practical exercises

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Crime
Criminality
Gender
Discrimination

Main Bibliography

Author Gartner, R.; McCarthy, B.
Title The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex and Crime.
Place New York
Editor Oxford University Press
Year 2014
Author Walklate, Sandra
Title Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice.
Edition 2ª ed.
Place Devon
Editor Willan Publishing
Year 2004
Author Britton, Dana
Title The Gender of Crime
Place Plymouth
Editor Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
Year 2011

Complementary Bibliography

Author Davies, P.
Title Gender, crime and victimization
Author Heimer, K.; Kruttschnitt, C.
Title Gender and Crime: Patterns of Victimization and Of