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

MÉTODOS QUANTITATIVOS - 2021/2022

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

Teachers

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

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 1 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Analysis of researches and main methodologies of a quantitative nature applied to criminological investigation.

Specific Aims/Objectives

-To deepen the knowledge about the process of quantitative scientific research in Criminology;
- To explore the key research designs used in Criminology;
- To analyze the main scientific researches carried out in the field of Criminology, deepening the methodologies and instruments used, as well as the main results obtained and ethical considerations.

Skills to be acquired

- To assess the central concepts involved in the use of multiple research methodologies, namely, at the level of data collection, analysis, interpretation and communication;
- To understand the relationship between criminological research and policy development at the level of the criminal justice system;
- To be able to identify ethical considerations in conducting criminological researches.

Teaching Procedures

Demonstrative methodology combined with practical exercises.

Programme

I. Introduction to Criminological Research:
1. Fundamentals of scientific research in the Criminal Justice System
2. Theoretical and methodological approaches in criminological research
3. Quantitative research: central concepts - Quantitative research cycle (problem, hypothesis, definition and operationalization of variables ...)

II. Ethics in the scientific research process
1. The role of the researcher
2. Subjects of the criminological research
3. Confidentiality and other central issues in criminological research

III. Research designs
1. Experimental designs and their variations
2. Transverse and longitudinal designs
3. Validity

IV. Sampling and data collection:
1. Types of sampling
2. Data collection techniques: questionnaires and interviews

V. Data Analysis

VI. Use of mixed methodologies in criminology research.

Evaluation Type

Continuous assessment aims to carry out a written group paper, whose main goal is to analyze, methodologically, a scientific, empirical article, of a quantitative nature.

Teaching Resources

Demonstrative methodology combined with practical exercises.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Methodology
Quantitative research
Data analysis

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography