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2022/2023

Security and Criminal Liability

Code: 106677 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2502501 Prevention and Integral Safety and Security OB 1 2

Contact

Name:
Marķa del Carmen Medina Martinez
Email:
mariadelcarmen.medina@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
spanish (spa)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
No
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
No

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites

Objectives and Contextualisation

From the theoretical field

1. Understand and be able to synthesize the regulation of organizations from a legal-criminal context.

2. Know the criminal responsibility in which the subjects may be involved.

3. Understand and be able to synthesize a legal-criminal text.

4. Deepen your knowledge in the Spanish Penal Code

From the practical field

1. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

2. To be able to give legal information on criminal matters to offenders and victims.

3. Become familiar with the legal databases and use them.

4. Interpret and understand a judicial resolution and the different tools of criminal law.

 

Competences

  • Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
  • Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
  • Contribute to decisions on investment in prevention and security.
  • Have a general understanding of basic knowledge in the area of prevention and integral safety and security.
  • Maintain a positive attitude with respect to professional and personal growth.
  • Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
  • Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  • Show respect for diversity and the plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
  • Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply the basis of statistics, economics and finance, in the applicable legal framework and the informatics necessary to undertake prevention and security.
  2. Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
  3. Communicate using language that is not sexist or discriminatory.
  4. Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern professional practice.
  5. Evaluate how gender stereotypes and roles affect professional practice.
  6. Identify situations in which a change or improvement is needed.
  7. Identify the key elements in processes to define the security policies of organisations.
  8. Maintain a positive attitude with respect to professional and personal growth.
  9. Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  10. Show respect for diversity and the plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  11. Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  12. Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  13. Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  14. Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  15. Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.

Content

BLOCK I: Criminal Responsibility in Integral Security. General part.

 

ITEM 1. THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM AND CRIMINAL LAW AS A NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR SECURITY

Relationship of the penal system and criminal law with the security secto Regulatory framework that affects the security sector. Criminal law. Its co The sources of Criminal Law. The interpretation of criminal law.

Serious offenses and minor offenses. Penalties and security measures.

 

ITEM 2. LIMITS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN SECURITY. CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW

Limits of criminal liability in security. Constitutional principles of criminal l The principle of legality and its guarantees. The principle of minimum da

 

ITEM 3. CRIME AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN SECURITY I

Criminal offense: definition and classes. Typicity. The action and omissio

Criminal liability for omission in the security sector. Own and improper omission. The path of crime and authorshi

Circumstances exempting criminal liability from the perspective of the security sector

Criminal liability. Unlawfulness and Causes of Justification. Guilt and cau

 

BLOCK II: Criminal Responsibility in Integral Security. Special Part.

 

ITEM 1. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITIES DERIVED FROM THE PROFESSION'S EXERCISE IN THE FIELD OF

Special reference to liability for death, injury and illegal detention. Responsibility for omission of functions: omission of the duty of relief and

 

ITEM 2: MOST COMMON CRIME FIGURES WITHIN THE PROFESSIO

Special reference in the field of property liability: theft, robbery and dama Special reference to criminal liability in the field of public health.

 

ITEM 3. ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY AS AN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SUBJECT OF SPECIAL CRIMES

Crimes against Moral Integrity: Torture and other crimes against moral in Crime against safety and hygiene at work.

Introduction. Legal framework. Protected legal asset.

Analysis of the regulatory elements: the legally required, occupational risk prevention standards. Dolosa and Rec

Methodology

The teaching methodology will consist of the combination of the study of the materials with the case study and th

 

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.

 

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.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Evaluation 4 0.16 2, 4, 1, 3, 9, 7, 6, 8, 14, 13, 11, 12, 10, 15, 5
Theoretical and practical classes with the participation of students 40 1.6 2, 4, 3, 8, 14, 13, 11, 10, 5
Type: Supervised      
Exhibitions and discussion forums 12 0.48 2, 4, 1, 9, 7, 6, 8, 14, 13, 11, 12, 10, 15
Type: Autonomous      
Resolution of practical cases. Carrying out work. Personal study 90 3.6 2, 4, 1, 9, 7, 6, 8, 14, 13, 11, 12, 10, 15

Assessment

Evaluation

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

The evaluation method of this subject is structured in two clearly differentiated sections:

 

1. Evaluation of the topics worked on in the classroom and continuous evaluation

Exercises and problems: delivery of the exercises and problems that arise in class.

The student must carry out two exercises that will be carried out during practical classes with a value of 2.5 points, each one, with respect to the final grade.

The mark of these exercises (5 points (maximum mark) with respect to the final mark of the subject) will be added to the average obtained from the individual theoretical tests, provided that they have been passed under the conditions specified in the following section *.

To carry out these practices it is essential to have the Penal Code (physically).

 

2. Individual theory tests

Written exam: written tests that allow assessing the knowledge acquired by the student.

The student must pass two written multiple choice tests. The value of the same is 2.5 points each, with respect to the final grade of the subject. Being the total value of 5 points out of 10.

* The student who obtains a 2 out of 5 of the set of theoretical tests may add the mark obtained from the practical part.

 

Make-up exam.

The student who does not pass the subject, who does not reach a 5 (total) out of 10, or who has not been able to follow the continuous evaluation, may take the final exam for the total of the subject. This exam will consist of an evaluation test in which the set of contents of the subject will be reassessed. The grade obtained in this exam will be the grade of the subject that will consist of a maximum of 5, regardless of the grade obtained in the exam.

 

Plagiarism

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, in accordance with current academic regulations, irregularities committed bya student that may lead to a variation of the grade will be graded with a zero (0). For example, plagiarism, copying, allowing copying, ..., an evaluation activity will imply failing this evaluation activity with a zero (0). The evaluation activities qualified in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Delivery of two exercises and / or problems and / or reports of the practices carried out 50% (25% each test) 2 0.08 2, 4, 1, 3, 9, 7, 6, 8, 14, 13, 11, 12, 10, 15, 5
Two individual theory tests: written tests that allow the knowledge acquired by the student to be assessed 50% (25% each test) 2 0.08 2, 4, 1, 9, 7, 6, 8, 14, 13, 10, 15

Bibliography

Bibliography

 

BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

RECOMMENDED MANUALS:

ENRIQUE ORTS BERENQUER; JOSE LUIS GONZÁLEZ Cussac.- Compendium of Criminal Law, Ed. Tirant Lo Blanch, 7th edition 2017.

MUÑOZ CONDE F. and GARCIA ARAN M..- Criminal Law. General Part, Valencia, ed. Tirant Lo Blanch, 9th edition 2015.

MUÑOZ CONDE, F., Criminal law: special part, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2019. COBO DEL ROSAL, M., Criminal law; special part, Dikinson, Madrid, 2005.

GÓMEZ RIVERO, MC., Practical cases of Criminal Law special part, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2015.

 

LEGAL TEXTS:

Constitution, Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Law, Organic Law of the Judiciary, General Penitentiary Organic Law.

 

The student must have to carry out the different tests of the subject of the Penal Code.

Software

 

This subject will use the basic software of the Office 365 package