Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500257 Criminology | OB | 3 | 1 |
It is advisable to have a previous knowledge on criminological theories
The course approaches the subject of juvenile delinquency in several dimensions: the legal system, the study of different issues of juvenile delinquency, the means of prevention and the intervention with minors, young peopple and young offenders. At the end of the course, the student will be able to apply a model of prevention for specific offences, assess the risk and need of young offenders and carry out a supervision plan.
Legal Context
Lesson 1. Systems of juvenile justice and child rights
Lesson 2. The Spanish legislation and the Catalan system
Lesson 3. From the protection system to the reform system
Crime prevention
Lesson 4. Young migrants
Lesson 5. Community prevention
Lesson 6. Prevention of radicalization
Juvenile justice intervention
Lesson 7. Risk and needs assessment
Lesson 8. Mediation in juvenile justice
Lesson 9. Juvenile detention and juvenil probation
Profile and phenomenology of juvenile delinquency
Lesson 10. Types of crime
Lesson 11 Disorders and juvenile delinquency
Leeson 12. Victimology
Statement
Teaching will be mixed: lectures will be online and seminars face-to-face.
A) Lectures
During the lectures, activities to promote reflection, incite debate, and check learning will be carried out.
B) Seminars
Students will need to prepare an essay or do other kind of activities to prepare for the seminar. During the seminar, students will have the opportunity to hear different opinions from students and professor, solve doubts, debating main ideas and, as a result, increase the learning on juvenile delinquency. The subjects of the seminar will be indicated in the virtual campus before the beginning of the course.
C) Group Research Project
Students will be offered different topics about juvenile delinquency and juvenile criminal justice system to carry out a group work during the course. During the seminars, students will need to present their progress of the Group Researc Project
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 19.5 | 0.78 | 3, 4, 10, 11, 13 |
Seminar | 19.5 | 0.78 | 3, 4, 10, 8, 11, 1, 13, 14, 15 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Group Research Project | 53 | 2.12 | 3, 4, 10, 8, 11, 1, 13, 15 |
Individual work | 53 | 2.12 | 3, 4, 10, 8, 1, 14 |
Requirements to be evaluated
Students will only be assessed when they attend a minimum of 80% of lectures and seminars
Items of evaluation
a) Individual Essays (30%)
b) Group Research Project (25%).
c) Attendance and participation (25%). Attendance counts 40% and participation 60%. Each student starts with 10 points in attendance and loses 1 point for each non-justifiable absence to lectures or seminars.
d) Exam (20%)
Requirements to pass the subject
Students need to obtain a minimum mark of 5/10 in each of the four items of evaluation.
Resit
Essays with a fail mark may be repeated during the course. Students will have a second chance to pass the exams. In case of fail in the course work, students will have the possibility to improve their course work in the exam period. Non-justifiable absences that exceed 20% will conduct to a fail mark in the subject. The maximum mark in case of resit is 5.
Other important aspects of the evaluation
Essays out of time will not accepted and the student will get a fail mark (0), without possibility of recuperation. Only excuses due to illness or similar reasons may be accepted.
Fraudulent conduct
Cheating or attempt to cheat in exams will conduct of a fail mark (0) and the student will lose the right of a new assessment. Plagiarism in essays will conduct to a fail mark (0) and warning. In case of relapse, the student will obtain a failmark (0) and will lose the right of a new assessment.
Punctuality
Lectures and seminars start on time. Late arrival will not be admitted.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation | 25% | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Exam | 20% | 5 | 0.2 | 9, 4, 8, 1, 14 |
Group Research Project | 25% | 0 | 0 | 3, 2, 9, 5, 4, 6, 10, 7, 8, 11, 1, 13, 15, 12 |
Seminar essays | 30% | 0 | 0 | 3, 5, 4, 6, 10, 8, 1, 14, 15, 12 |
Mandatory readings
Andrés-Pueyo, A. & Echeburúa, E. (2010). Valoración del riesgo de violencia: instrumentos disponibles e indicaciones de aplicación. Psichotema, 22 (3), 403-409.
Fernández-Molina E. & Bernuz, M. J. (2018). Justicia de Menores. Madrid: Síntesis.
Furthemore, the students will need to read esaays and other material to prepare the seminars. The material will be indicated at the beginning of the course
Reccomended readings
Agnew, R, & Brezina, T. (2005). Juvenile Delinquency: causes and control. New York: Oxford Universty Press.
Blanch, M., Capdevila, M., Ferrer, M., Framis, B., Ruíz, U., Mora, J., Batlle, A. & & I López, B. (2017). La reincidència en la justícia de menors. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Justícia. Centre d’Estudis Jurídics i de Formació Especialitzada. Retrieved from: http://cejfe.gencat.cat/ca/recerca/cataleg/crono/2017/reincidencia-jj/
Heilbrum, K., Sevin-Goldstein, N., & Reeding, R. (eds.) (2005). Juvenile delinquency: Prevention, Assessment and Intervention. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ibabe, I. & Jaureguizar, J. (2011). El perfil psicológico de los menores denunciados por violencia filio-parental. Revista Española De Investigación Criminológica, 9, 1-19.
Montero, T. & de Vicente, R. (2016). Justicia Juvenil. València: Tirant lo Blanch.
Olweus, D. (1993). Bullying at school. What we know and what we can do. [Conductas de acoso y amenaza entres escolares. Barcelona: Morata, 1998]
Otto, R. & Douglas, K. (Eds.) (2009). Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment. New York: Routledge.
Perry, A.,McDougall, C, & Farrington, D., (Eds.) (2006). Reducing crime: The effectiveness of Criminal Justice Intervention. Cornwall: Willey & Sons, Ltd.
Rechea, C. & Cuervo, A. L. (2010). Menores agresores en el ámbito familiar: un estudio de casos. Revista de Derecho Penal y Criminología, 3, 353-375.
Singh, J., Grann, M. & Fazel, S. (2011). A comparative study of violence risk assessment tools: A systematic review and metaregression analysis of 68 studies involving 25.980 participants. Clinical Psychology Review, 31 (3), 499-513.