Safety Issues II

Code:

C300

Acronym:

QSEG I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S (since 15-09-2014 to 19-12-2014)

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	60	Oficial Study Plan LC	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To give the theoretical and practical knowledge to: 

- Understand the issues of security resultant from the contemporary crisis of the modern state and its consequences;
- Identify the new areas of security to the global and local levels and the changes occurred in territory.
- Recognize and define public security policies (PSP)
- Describe the PSP’s cycle and analyze each of its elements.
- Distinguish the actors of the PSP and their roles
- Relate dynamically the available resources in the security policies and their availability and use by the actors
- Understand the evaluation mechanisms of the PSP and its importance and usefulness
- Critically analyze the current trends on security to global and local level.

Learning outcomes and competences

In continuity with Security Issues I, the student should be able to acquire, from a critical view, theoretical and practical Knowledge to:
- Understand the issues of security resultant from the contemporary crisis of the modern state and its consequences;
- Identify the new areas of security to the global and local levels and the changes occurred in territory.
- Recognize and define public security policies (PSP)
- Describe the PSP’s cycle and analyze each of its elements.
- Distinguish the actors of the PSP and their roles
- Relate dynamically the available resources in the security policies and their availability and use by the actors
- Understand the evaluation mechanisms of the PSP and its importance and usefulness
- Critically analyze the current trends on security to global and local level.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Security issues and the contemporary crisis of the modern state
2. The axes global-local/ crime-incivilities: analysis and construction
of new security issues
3. Security and territory
4. Definitions and cycles of the public security policies (PSP)
5. The actors of PSP
6. The resources of PSP
7. Evaluation of PSP
8. Compared PSP and methodological problems
9. Currents trends on security

Mandatory literature

Recasens Amadeu; La^seguridad y sus políticas. ISBN: 978-84-96758-26-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Concerning the teaching methodologies, there are theoretical classes for the contents presentation combined with the tutorial supervision. We highlight the working groups, focusing on the analysis and discussion of the topics foreseen in the curriculum from scientific papers and other documental sources previously prepared by each student. In the works development are also included elements
that allow a direct contact to the relevant contexts of the domain (TC hours).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	75,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Terms of frequency: in accordance with applicable regulations
Formula Evaluation: Final classification: 0,25 (distruted evaluation) +
0,75 (final exam)