Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: Criminology
SEGURANÇA E POLÍTICAS CRIMINAIS - 2023/2024
2º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 7.5
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Samuel Moreira
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Samuel Moreira
Class type and School hours
Teórica : 1 Horas
Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teaching Language
Portuguese
Main Aims/Objectives
- To understand (in)security concept;
- To grasp the correlates of (in)security;
- To conceive the phenomenon of (in)security as a current and central problem of Criminology and criminal policies;
- To understand the organization, functioning and nature of political interventions in the face of (in)security in contemporary times.
Specific Aims/Objectives
- To understand the complexity and multidimensionality of (in)security;
- To grasp the relationships between (in)security and individual and contextual factors;
- To know and distinguish the different models of crime and insecurity prevention;
- To know the current trends in criminal policies and critically reflect on them.
Skills to be acquired
Students are expected to:
- Develop skills for analysis and reflection on the multidimensionality and complexity of (in)security;
- Know the decentralized, multilateralized, and commodified nature of security today;
- Understand the configurations and rationalities of current interventions and policies addressed to insecurity;
- Be able to carry out a literature review and a research proposal on a topic of the programme.
Teaching Procedures
Combination of the expository and interrogative methods, promoting the student´s involvement in the discussion and reflection on the exposed contents, accompanied by the realization of assignments and practical exercises.
Tutorial classes are mostly dedicated to monitoring and guiding students in the preparation of a written assignment on one topic of the programme.
Programme
1. Concepts, dimensions, and determinants of (in)security
1.1. Conceptual analysis: security vs. insecurity, objective insecurity vs. subjective insecurity
1.2. Multidimensionality of fear of crime: emotional, cognitive, and behavioral dimensions
1.3. Determinants of fear of crime: individual, contextual, and social variables
2. Crime and insecurity prevention models: situational, social, and community prevention
3. Criminal policies
3.1. Configurations and rationalities of contemporary criminal and security policies:
- The work of D. garland
- Security governance: key aspects for understanding current interventions concerning crime and insecurity phenomena
3.2. The relationship between criminological scientific research and criminal and security policies
3.3. The scientific evaluation of criminal and security policies: the “evidence-based policies and practices” movement, “evaluation research” and experimental criminology
Evaluation Type
- Continuous evaluation: 1 written assignment and its oral presentation and defense.
- Final evaluation: exam.
Teaching Resources
Scientific publications, audiovisual materials, and practical exercises.
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
(In)security
Crime and insecurity prevention models
Criminal policies
Security governance
Main Bibliography
Author | Agra, Cândido da |
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Title | A Criminologia: um arquipélago Interdisciplinar |
Edition | 1.ª |
Place | Porto |
Editor | Universidade do Porto |
Year | 2012 |
Author | Garland, David |
Title | The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in |
Edition | 1.ª |
Place | Chicago |
Editor | University of Chicago Press. |
Year | 2001 |
Author | Agra, Cândido da ; Gomes, Marcus (Orgs.) |
Title | Criminologia Integrativa: contributos para uma com |
Edition | 1.ª ed |
Place | Belo Horizonte |
Editor | D´ Plácido |
Year | 2018 |
Complementary Bibliography
Author | Wood, J. ; Dupont, B. (Eds.), |
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Title | Democracy, society and the governance of security |
Edition | 1.ª ed |
Place | Cambridge |
Editor | Cambridge University Press |
Year | 2006 |
Author | Wortley, R. ; Mazerolle, L. (Eds.) |
Title | Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis |
Edition | 1.ª ed. |
Place | Cullompton |
Editor | Willan Publishing |
Year | 2008 |