Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500257 Criminology | OT | 4 | 0 |
This course requires a B2 level of English.
Goals:
- Understand the methodological problems related to the comparisons of crime across nations.
- Understand the way in which crime data are collected across nations.
- Understand the theoretical explanations of the evolution of crime across time and space.
Competences:
- Be able to critically assess the explanations of levels of crime across nations provided by researchers and by the press.
- Be able to use data to explain trends in crime across nations.
- Be able to effectively communicate about comparative criminology.
1. Historical development of comparative criminology
2. Methodology of international comparisons of crime
3. Theories in comparative criminology
4. Long-term trends in violence
5. Police statistics in comparative perspective
6. Prosecution statistics in comparative perspective
7. Conviction statistics in comparative perspective
8. Prison statistics in comparative perspective
9. Probation statistics in comparative perspective
10. Self-reported delinquency studies in comparative perspective
11. Victimization studies in comparative perspective
12. Victimization of women and of ethnic minorities in comparative perspective
13. Criminal policy in comparative perspective
The course combines lectures and a seminar. It requires reading a series of scientific articles, submitting a written assignment, and passing a final exam.
Before the starting of the course a detailed weekly schedule of activities will be provided.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 19.5 | 0.78 | 2, 6, 7, 8, 5, 4 |
Seminar | 19.5 | 0.78 | 2, 7, 8, 3, 1, 9, 11, 5, 4 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Required readings | 53 | 2.12 | 10 |
Written assignment | 53 | 2.12 | 6, 3, 1, 10, 4 |
The evaluation takes into consideration class participation, the written assignment, and the final exam.
A minimum of 80% attendance to lectures and seminaris is requited to be assessed (only absences due to illneess or similar reasons are accepted)
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Class participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 6, 8, 9, 11 |
Written assignment | 40% | 0 | 0 | 6, 3, 1, 10, 5, 4 |
Written exam | 50% | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 6, 7, 3, 1, 5, 4 |
Required readings:
1. Aebi, M.F. & Linde, A. (2016). Long-term Trends in Crime: Continuity and Change. In Knepper P. & Johansen A. (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Crime and Criminal Justice (pp. 57-87). New York: Oxford University Press.
2. Aebi M.F. & Linde A. (2015). The epistemological obstacles in comparative criminology: A special issue introduction. European Journal of Criminology, 12(4): 381-385.
3. Aebi, M.F. (2010). Methodological Issues in the Comparison of Police-Recorded Crime Rates. InShoham S.G., Knepper P. & Kett M. (Eds.). International Handbook of Criminology(pp. 211-227). Boca Raton / London / New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
4. von Hofer, H. (2000). Crime Statistics as Constructs: The Case of Swedish Rape Statistics. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 8(1), pp. 77‐89.
5. Campistol C. & Aebi M.F. (2018). Are juvenile criminal justice statistics comparable across countries? A study of the data available in 45 European nations. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 24(1): 55-78. Published online: 17 June 2017.
6. Aebi, M.F. & Linde, A. (2010). Is There a Crime Drop in Western Europe? European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 16(4): 251-277.
7. Caneppele, S. & Aebi, M. F. (2019). Crime Drop or Police Recording Flop? On the Relationship between the Decrease of Offline Crime and the Increase of Online and Hybrid Crimes. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. Advance Access publication: 13 September 2017.
8. Aebi, M.F. & Linde, A. (2012). Conviction Statistics as an Indicator of Crime Trends in Europe from 1990 to 2006. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 18(1): 103-144.
9. Aebi M.F. & Linde A. (2012). Crime Trends in Western Europe according to Official Statistics from 1990 to 2007. In van Dijk J., Tseloni A. and Farrell G. (Eds.). The International Crime Drop: New Directions in Research(pp. 37-75). New York, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
10. Aebi, M.F. & Linde, A. (2014). The persistence of lifestyles: Rates and correlates of homicide in Western Europe from 1960 to 2010. European Journal of Criminology, online first.
11. Aebi, M.F., Linde, A., & Delgrande, N. (2015). Is There a Relationship Between Imprisonment and Crime in Western Europe? European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 21(3): 425-446.
12. Aebi, M.F., Delgrande, N. & Marguet, Y. (2015). Have community sanctions and measures widened the net of the European criminal justice systems? Punishment & Society, 17(5): 575–597.
13. Aebi, M.F. (2009). Self-reported delinquency surveys in Europe/ Enquêtes de délinquance autoreportée en Europe. Guyancourt : CRIMPREV (68 p. + 77 p., ISBN 978-2-917565 27 8).
14. Aebi, M.F. & Linde, A. (2014). National Victimization Surveys. In Bruinsma G. & Weisburd D. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice(pp. 3228-3242). New York: Springer