Experimental Criminology

Code:

C102

Acronym:

CEXP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	107	Oficial Study Plan LC	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To acquire the fundamental knowledge about Crime and Justice produced in the last 20 years by a new research area in Criminology, designated from 1999, as “Experimental Criminology”.

Program

1. Introduction
1.1. Emerging topics and development of Experimental Criminology.
1.2. Experimental method
1.2.1. The logic and the process of experimental research.
1.2.2. The notion of Causality.
1.2.3 Types of experimental designs.
1.2.4. Types of valitdity.
2. Experimental Criminology
2.1. Experimental methods on experimental criminology and criminal justice.
2.2. Randomized experiments in crime and justice;
2.3. Quasi-Experimental research;
2.4. Criteria for the organization of the scientific knowledge produced in Experimental Criminology.
3. Study domains and its application on crime and justice:
3.1. Functional and Behavioral Studies.
4. Experimental evaluative research.
5. Ethical questions in Experimental Criminology.

Mandatory literature

Andreassi J; Psychophysiology: Human Behavior & Physiological Response, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2000. ISBN: 0-8058-2832-X
Bernard Claude; Introdução à medicina experimental. ISBN: 9726651719
Bushway Shawn 340; Quantitative methods in criminology. ISBN: 0-7546-2446-3
Campbell Donald T.; Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research. ISBN: ISBN 0-395-30787-2
Glicksohn Joseph ed.; The neurobiology of criminal behavior. ISBN: ISBN 0-7923-7674-9
Hagan Frank E.; Research methods in criminal justice and criminology. ISBN: 0-205-44739-2
Piquero Alex R. 340; Handbook of quantitative criminology. ISBN: 978-0-387-77649-1
Raine Adrian; The psychopathology of crime. ISBN: ISBN 0-12-576155-4
Rowe David C.; Biology and crime. ISBN: 1-891487-80-9
Silva Augusto Santos 1956- 340; Metodologia das ciências sociais

Teaching methods and learning activities

The equal distribution of the time between theoretical and practical (laboratory) classes is justified by the empirical focus of the discipline “Experimental Criminology”.
In the theoretical classes it will be developed, explored and discussed with the students the principal programmatic topics summarized in the previous section. In the laboratorial and practical classes the students will be familiarized with theoretical fundamentals and applications of laboratory psychophysiological techniques in and in other areas of experimental psychology and biology applied to study human behavior in a multidisciplinary approach. In addition, the students will be familiarized with instruments used in Experimental Criminology and evaluation studies. Finally, it will be analyzed and discussed experimental research work (research papers) focusing in Experimental Criminology, previously prepared by the students so called journal clubs).

keywords

Natural sciences
Natural sciences > Ethics in social sciences
Social sciences
Social sciences > Criminology
Social sciences > Ethics in social sciences
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology
Health sciences > Neuroscience

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	60,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Defined by the rules os the post graduate programm

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment, written exams

Examinations or Special Assignments

Defined by the rules os the post graduate programm

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to law and rules enforced

Classification improvement

Written or oral exam