Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500257 Criminology | OB | 3 | 2 |
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The main objective of the course consists in providing the student with the basic knowledge to be able to draft any report aimed to the Prison’s Administration or to the Judge responsible for the enforcement of judgments relating to the situation of incarcerated people and, especially, about their access to prison privileges; to prison day-release permits or permissions to leave the prison; the disciplinary procedure or about the penitentiary classification. On the other hand, other important objectives pursued by the course are to offer the student the necessary skills to be able to inform any incarcerated person about his situation as well as to know the reality of our prisons.
I: Spanish penitentiary law
1. Overview
2. Origin and evolution of the Spanish penitentiary law
3. The prison judge.
II. Evolution of the prison
1. The birth of the prison as a punishment
2. Penitentiary systems
3. The Spanish progressive model
III. Organization of the prison
1. Overview
2. Types of prisons
3. Main aspects: admission and transfers, rights and duties, security and control
IV Classification and treatment
1. General overview
2. Assessment and classification. Risk assessment (Riscanvi). Individual treatment plan.
3. Types of classification: closed regime, ordinary regime and open regime
V. Management of prisons
1. Distribution of functions
2. Prison director, rehabilitation board and disciplinary board
3. Rehabilitation and surveillance staff
4. Reports of the prison staff.
VI. Prisoners rights and duties
1. The status of prisoner
2. Rights
3. Duties
4. Responsibility of the Prison Administration
VII Work and training
1. Overview
2. Prison work
3. Vocational training
4. The Agency for prison training and job settlement
VIII: Prison conditions
1. Overview
2. Hygiene and nutrition
3. Healthcare assistance
4. Instruction, education and recreational activities
IX: Contacts with the outside world
1. Overview
2. Accompanied exits and prison leave
3. Communications
4. Packages
XI Discipinary measures
1. Overview
2. Disciplinary infractions
3. Disciplinary sanctions
4. Procedure
XI. Release from prison
1. Overview
2. Parole
3. Indult
4. Rewards
XII Women and foreigners in prison
1. Overview
2. The Spanish and the International Rules regarding the contacts between incarcerated parents and their children.
3. The exercise of motherhood in prison.
4. The rights of the children of incarcerated parents
5. The situation of foreigners in Spanish’s prisons.
Classes of the “Prison Law” will combine theory and practice. The first part of the class will be devoted mainly to the theoretical study of the Prison Law based on the professor’s explanation. Previously, the student will need to study in detail the subject in question. Sometimes, when this theoretical part ended, the student will be tested in order to verify his knowledge of the subject.
The second part of the class will be dedicated to the correction and commentary of the works presented by the students as well as to doubts and questions about the topic raised by students. Finally, it will be possible to discuss the news appeared along the week into the media regarding the reality of our prisons.
Classes start on time. Late arrival is not admitted.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Discussion and resolution of cases studies | 15 | 0.6 | 4, 3, 6, 7, 9 |
Lectures | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 4, 1 |
Practical cases in classroom | 4.5 | 0.18 | 4, 3, 6, 5, 1, 10 |
Resolution of doubts, discussions and conferences | 4.5 | 0.18 | 4, 3, 6, 7, 1, 9 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Assessment | 5 | 0.2 | 4, 6 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study of the subject | 106 | 4.24 | 2, 6, 5, 10, 8 |
There is only one evaluation model: the "continuos evaluation", that requires the attendance of the 100 of the classes. No attendance is only justifiable in case of illness or similar reasons. Documentary evidence will be provided in case of no attendance. 80% of attendance will be required to be assessed.
The final grade for the course will be the average grade of the different works that the student has to present along the course (50%) as well as of the grades of two multiple choice exams that the student will do (50%). The mark of the exams must be, at least, a 4 in order to pass the course, provided that the average grade of both is a 5.
A minimum mark of 5 in the two items of assessment is required. In the case of failure of one of the two items of assessment (works and exams) with at least a mark of 3, a second chance will be given.
The student that cheat or attempt to cheat in the exam will fail it and will lose the right to a second chance. Plagiarism will conduct to a fail the essay. In the case of recidivism, the student will receive a fail mark.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Assessments | 50% | 0 | 0 | 2, 6, 5, 1, 10, 8 |
Individual practices | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2, 4, 6, 5, 7, 1, 9, 8 |
Working groups | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2, 4, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10 |
Compulsory readings:
- Coyle, A. (2009). La Administración Penitenciaria en el contexto de los derechos humanos. Manual para el personal penitenciario (pp. 11-23) http://www.acaip.info/info/manual_penitenciario.pdf
- Cutiño, S. (2015). Algunos datos sobre la realidad del tratamiento en las prisiones españolas. Revista electrónica de Ciencia Penal y Criminología, 17, 1-41.
- Navarro, Carmen (2018). El encarcelamiento femenino (pp. 6-101). Atelier.
- Navarro, Carmen (2017). Las recientes reformas de la ejecución de la pena privativa de libertad. Justicia, 2, 285-318.
- Roca de Agapito, L. (2017). La masificación de las cárceles: breve reflexión a propósito del caso de Estados Unidos. Revista Electrónica de Ciencia Penal y Criminología, 19, 1-33.
- Rovira M., Larrauri, Elena y Alarcón, P. (2018) La concesión de permisos. Revista electrónica de Ciencia Penal y Criminología, 20, 1-26.
Recommended bibliography
- Cervelló, Vicenta (2015). Derecho penitenciario. Tirant lo Blanch.
- Cid J., Pedrosa A., Navarro Carmen (2021). La experiencia del encarcelamiento en España, Revista de Derecho Penal y Criminología, 24, 161-192.
- Jewkes, Yvonne y Johnston, Helen (2006). Prison readings: a critical introduction to prisons and imprisonment. Willan.
- Juanatey, Carmen (2016). Manual de derecho penitenciario. Iustel.
- Mir, C. (2012). Derecho Penitenciario. El cumplimiento de la pena privativa de libertad. Atelier.
- Navarro, Carmen (2019). Ejecución de la pena privativa de libertad. Juruá (disponible en la biblioteca digital UAB)
- Navarro, Carmen (2002). La ejecución de la pena privativa de libertad. Garantías procesales. J.M. Bosch editor.
- Nistal, J. (2016). El sistema penitenciario español "de un vistazo". Grupo Criminología y Justicia.
- Tamarit, J. M. et al. (2005). Curso de derecho penitenciario. Tirant lo Blanch.
The subject does not require any specific software.