Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500257 Criminology | FB | 1 | 1 |
A minimum B1 English level is highly advised to follow the course.
The aim of this subject consist of approaching the student to the criminological perspective of social problems, understanding the configuration or criminology as an autonomous discipline and reflecting on its main dimensions as a science and as a practice.
I. DEFINITION OF CRIMINOLOGY
1. What is criminology?
2. Object of criminology: crime, crime control methods and victims.
3. Similarities and differences between criminology and other disciplines (Psychology, Sociology, Education, Law). Criminology, criminal investigation and crime science.
II CRIMINOLOGY AS A SCIENCE
4. History of criminology
5. Scientific questions and hypothesis in criminology. The problem of causality.
6. Research methods.
III. CRIMINOLOGY AS A PRACTICE
7. Crime prevention strategies
8. Actors and methods of crime prevention
9. Relation between theory and practice
IV. LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY
10. The process of criminalization
11. The law as a framework for criminological intervention
V. VALUES IN CRIMINOLOGY
12. Values in research
13. Values in practice
Statement
Teaching will be mixed: lectures will be online and seminars face-to-face.
Methodologies
The process of learning will be achieved through the following activities:
(i) Lectures. The professor will stimulate participation of students
(ii) Seminars for discussing papers. The student should have read the paper and write an essay answering the questions proposed by the professor. The maximum length is 800 words. During the seminar the paper will be discussed in small groups.
(iii) Seminars for the Group Research Project. During the seminar students will present their progress in the group work and will receive the feedback of the professors. The Group Research Project Students will be devoted to deepen into an specific crime problem. Students will have the possibility to chose among different subjects.
(iv) Tutorials. The student is expected to demand individual and group tutorials to the professors of the course to solve problems.
(v) Exam preparation.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 19.5 | 0.78 | 2, 3, 1, 6, 5 |
Seminars | 19.5 | 0.78 | 4, 6, 8 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Group research project | 31 | 1.24 | |
Individual assignments | 75 | 3 | 2, 3, 4, 1, 7 |
1. Model of assessment
Continuous assessment. The student will be able to know the achievement and he/she will receive indications to improve.
Items of evaluation: Individual Essays (25%), Group Research Project (25%); Attendance and Participation (25%); Exam (25%)
2. Requirements for being assessed
Minimum attendance of 80% to lectures and seminars, present at east 4 oof the 5 essays, do the group research work and do the exam.
3. Requirements for passing the subject and resit
Minimum mark of 5 in the four items of assessment. In case of failure of the individual essays, group work and exam, a second chance will be given. In case of resit de maximum mark is 5.
4. Excellent achievement
The student with an average of 8/10 in the course and 8/10 in the exam will be granted 1 point extra. After counting this extra point, the honours will be granted to the students with the best final marks, equal or higher than 9.
5. Essays out of time
Essays not presented at due time, will not be accepted and the student will get a 0 in the essay. Only excuses due to illness or similar serious reasons will be considered.
6. Excuses
Failure to comply with duties due to illness or other serious reasons will be considered, provided there is a valid certification.
7. Consequences of fraud
An student that cheat or attempt to cheat in the exam will get a 0,losing the right to a second chance. Plagiarism will conduct to a fail of the essay and, in case of recidivism the student will receive a fail mark, losing the right of being reassessed.
8. Punctuality
Classes start on time. Late arrival is not admitted.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 1, 6 |
Essays | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 4, 1, 7 |
Exam | 25% | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 3, 1, 7, 5 |
Group research work | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8 |
1. TEXTBOOK
Students need to consult at least one of the following handbooks. These handbooks are also useful for several subjects of the degree.
Garrido, V. & Redondo, S. (2013). Principios de Criminología. 4ª ed. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch.
Newburn, T. (2017). Criminology. Abingdon: Routledge.
2. COMPULSORY READINGS
Part 1 Definition of criminogy
Newburn, T. (2017). Understanding crime and criminology . Criminology (Chapter 1). Abingdon: Routledge.
Part 2. Criminology and science
Bernard, T., Snipes, J. & Gerould, A. (2010). Theory and crime. Vold's Theoretical Criminology (pp. 1-13). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Part 3 Criminology and practice
Wilson. J. Q. & Kelling G. (1982). Broken windows: the police and neighbourhood safety. Atlantic Monthly, March, 29-38.
Part 4. Criminology and law
Sutherland, E. (1949). The problem of white collar crime (pp. 3-10). White Collar Crime. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Part 5.Criminology and values
Newburn, T. (2017). Race, crime and justice . Criminology (Chapter 32). Abingdon: Routledge.
3. OTHER REFERENCE HANDBOOKS
Medina, J (2011). Políticas y estrategias de prevencion del delito y seguridad ciudadana. Buenos Aires: Edisofer.
Larrauri, Elena (2018). Introducción a la criminología y al sistema penal. Madrid: Trotta.