Organised Crime and Economic Criminality

Code:

C405

Acronym:

CORCE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S (since 15-02-2016 to 20-05-2016)

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	78	Oficial Study Plan LC	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To understand core concepts of organized crime and economic crime and their application within criminological discourse; - To develop skills in critical analysis through engagement with the academic literature on organized crime and economic crime; - To develop understanding of economic approaches to research into organized crime and white-collar crime; - To appreciate the links between theories of the state and theories of organized crime and of white-collar crime; - To develop awareness of criminal justice policies and policing strategies targeting organized crime and economic crime; - To examine specific examples of organized crime and economic crime in foreign contexts and also within Portugal; - To appreciate the complex interaction between the ‘local’ and the ‘global’ regarding (transnational) organized crime; -To understand the white-collar crime specificities in relation to other types of crime.

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus set provide the knowledge on the subjects treated, so students can apply them later in their academic and professional life.  Students will obtain skills to understand the realities of white-collar crime and organized crime.

Working method

Presencial

Program

PART I - ECONOMIC CRIME

I - ECONOMIC CRIME: WHITE COLLAR CRIME
1. The "discovery" of white-collar crime by Edwin Sutherland
2. The debate over the definition of white collar crime
3. Who is the white-collar criminal?
4. The nature of white collar crime
5. Types of white-collar crime
6. Theories of white collar crime
7. Data sources in the study of white-collar crime
8. Measurement difficulties and some empirical results of the study of white-collar crime
9. Damages and victims of white collar crime
10. The debate on individual responsibility vs.. organizational in white collar crime
11. Cases of economic crime

II - CORPORATE CRIME IN ORGANIZATIONS
1. WHy there are companies?
2. Damage caused by companies
3. Abuse of power, fraud and exploitation

III - OCCUPATIONAL CRIME
1. Crimes in the exercise of professions in which there is "market failure" - health care, legal professions, financial sector professionals)
2. Crimes of workers

IV - CORRUPTION, POLITICS AND PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
1. Corruption in the political system and in the exercise of legislative and executive functions
2. The corruption in the exercise of judicial power
3. Indirect corruption involving organizations and state-controlled enterprises
4. National and international cases of corruption

V - FINANCIAL CRIME
1. The banking and lending
2. "Insider trading"
3. The "lobbying" on the initiatives of regulation of financial markets
4. Schemesof "pyramid" and  financial fraud

VI - ECONOMIC CRIME AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES

PART II - ORGANIZED CRIME

I. ORGANIZED CRIME
1. Introduction
2. Definitions and structure of organized crime
2.1. The construction of the concept over time and "case studies"
2.2. The current concept of organized crime - Mafias, myths and realities
2.3. Organized crime as 'entreprise crime'
2.4. The intersection between the licit and the illicit economies
2.5. The Organized Crime in Europe

II. THEORIES STATEMENTS OF ORGANIZED CRIME
1. Introduction
2. Sociological theories of organized crime
3. Economic analysis of organized crime
4. Criminal networks

III. KIDNAPPING and REDEMPTION
1. Forms and trends
2. Kidnapping economic and political kidnapping
3. The global epidemic of kidnapping and ransom
4. Posts policing and security - local, national and transnational

IV. TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME
1. Concept of transnational organized crime
2. Drug trafficking and the illicit drug trade
3. The Global Travel of Organized Crime
4. The policing of transnational organized crime
5. Connecting threats - transnational organized crime and international terrorism

V. ORGANIZED CRIME AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
1. The Organized Crime
1.1. Organized crime in the social sciences, the intelligence and  Portuguese law
1.2. The repression of organized crime
1.3. The criminal investigation in common crime and organized crime.
1.4. The vector of international cooperation
2. Drug Trafficking
2.1. The type of crime
2.2. Causative factors and facilitators of the phenomenon
2.3. The situation on the international level
2.4. The situation at the national level
2.5. Typologies classifying the role of stakeholders in trafficking
2.6. The repressive system on the phenomenon of trafficking in drugs
2.7. The criminal investigation

Mandatory literature

Friedrichs David O.; Trusted criminals. ISBN: 978-0-495-60082-4
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965- 340; Infrações económicas e financeiras. ISBN: 978-972-32-2170-1
AUGSBURGER-BUCHELI, Isabelle e BUCHER, Jean Luc; La Criminalité Économique: ses Manifestations, sa Prévention et sa Répression,, L´Harmattan, 2005
Geis Gilbert; White-collar crime. ISBN: 0-02-911590-6
Santos Cláudia Maria Cruz; O^crime de colarinho branco. ISBN: 972-32-1009-6
Edwards Adam 340; Transnational organised crime. ISBN: 0-415-40339-1
Shapland Joanna 340; The^informal economy and connections with organised crime. ISBN: 978-90-8974-164-6
Lyman Michael D.; Organized crime. ISBN: 0-13-010020-X
Antoine-Grégoire Jean-Louis; The^European Union and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime. ISBN: 92-823-1628-9
Scherrer Amandine; G8 against trannational organized crime. ISBN: 978-0-7546-7544-0
Payne Brian K.; White-collar crime. ISBN: 978-1-4129-8749-3
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; A^criminologia e as infrações económicas e financeiras
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; O^ofensor de colarinho branco é um empreendedor?
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; A^biologia e o crime de colarinho branco

Complementary Bibliography

Mata José; Economia da empresa. ISBN: 978-972-31-0901-6
Pombo Nuno; A^fraude fiscal. ISBN: 978-972-40-3093-7
RODRIGUES, Jorge; Corporate Governance, Uma Introdução, Edições Pedago, 2008
Newburn Tim 340; Handbook of policing. ISBN: 978-1-84392-323-7
Dan Ariely; Previsivelmente Irracional, Estrelapolar, 2008. ISBN: 9789898206183
Neves, João Cesar das; Introdução à ética empresarial
Santos Cláudia Maria Cruz; A^corrupção. ISBN: 978-972-32-1716-2
WELLS, Joseph; Fraude na Empresa: Prevenção e Detecção, Almedina, 2007
Blanc Marc Lel 300; Tratado de criminologia empírica. ISBN: 978-972-796-293-8
Paulo Pena; Jogos de Poder, A Esfera dos Livros, 2014. ISBN: 978-989-626-532-8
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; A^influência da burocracia e dos grupos de interesse na escolha pública. ISBN: 978-972-32-1761-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes: exposition of the contents of the discipline with the support of powerpoint; use of case-studies based on information published in the media.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Marks obtained in the written examination.

Classification improvement

See the Evaluation Regulations of this Faculty.