Clinic Criminology
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Criminology |
Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
C |
37 |
Oficial Study Plan LC |
2 |
- |
6 |
- |
|
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The program aims to introduce i) the emergency conditions of clinic criminology, theories and concepts, methods, themes and intervention fields; ii) the applications of the clinic method in the criminological praxis and the process and dynamics of the psychological assessment; iii) the different methods and techniques of psychological assessment and its scientific basis; iv) limits and implications of clinical criminology and ethical and deontological issues.
Program
I- Clinic Criminology: introduction
1. Definition and object
2. Emergency and crisis
II. Concepts and theoretical approaches (psychopathology, phenomenology, humanism)
1. dangerousness and criminal personality
1.1. conceptual framework
1.2. from dangerousness to risk: historical and critical approach
III. The clinic method
1. understanding and interpretation
2. process and dynamics of the psychological assessment
3. observation and evaluation models and techniques
IV – The clinic interviewing
1. the psychological assessment in a forensic context
2. clinic approach of special delinquent groups: aggressive and sexual delinquents.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical classes are used to describe and discuss the main contents of the program. Practice classes are orientated toward the analysis and discussion of scientific literature and other resources previously prepared by the students.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Observations
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CANEPA, G. SZABO, D. (1973). La criminologie clinique : état actuel et perspectives futures dans le domaine du traitement et de la recherche. Centre International de Criminologie Comparée de l'Université de Montréal,
CASONI, D. E BRUNET, L. (2003). La psychocriminologie : apports psychanalytiques et applications cliniques. Montréal : Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal.
DEBUYST, Ch. (1977). Le concept de dangerosité et un de ses éléments constitutifs: la personnalité (criminelle). Déviance et Société, vol.1, nº4, pp.363-388.
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