Introduction to Criminology

Recommended Prerequisites

Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure

Teaching Methods

Seminar-like classes. Presentation and discussion of research papers.

Learning Outcomes

Students are expected to grasp the meaning of criminology in the wider context of criminal science, and know how criminological thought has evolved, highlighting the positivist paradigm (its endogenous and exogenous trends) and the critical, or formal instances of control, paradigm. Students must also grasp the impact of criminological trends (like victimology, abolitionism and restorative justice) on the political and criminal rhetoric as well as on the evolution of criminal law in general. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Development of the different understandings on the role and the object of criminology

1. The positivist, or "delinquent man", paradigm

2. The critical, or formal instances of control", paradigm

3. The new ciminology of integration.

II. The white-collar crime theory, its criminological impact and (in)equality of criminal justice

III. Victimology

IV Criminal abolitionism

V. Restorative justice 

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 25.0%
Exam: 75.0%

Bibliography

Figueiredo Dias, Jorge/Costa Andrade, Manuel – Criminologia – O Homem Delinquente e a Sociedade Criminógena, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 1992.

Santos, Cláudia Cruz – O Crime de Colarinho Branco (da origem do conceito e sua relevância criminológica à questão da desigualdade na administração da justiça penal), Coimbra Editora: 2001.

Santos, Cláudia Cruz Santos – A Justiça Restaurativa, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2014.

Santos, Cláudia Cruz - «Um crime, dois conflitos (e a questão, revisitada, do “roubo do conflito” pelo Estado)», RPCC, ano 17, n.º 3, 2007.