Security and Criminal Policies

Code:

MC115

Acronym:

SPC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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
MC	29	Plano Oficial de MC - 2010	1	-	3	24
		Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	1	-	3	24

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Intended learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students) Understanding the concept of security, its complexity and the debates and critics on it. Distinguish the historical origins of the different security forms. Identify, correlate and critically reflect on the process of building up security as well as its interaction with the cycles of violence and the spiral of fear- power- control. Understand the functioning of security in the modern state and identify the problems resulting from its crisis. Identify the changes caused by globalization and the emergence of new security markets.
Identify criminal policies and security policies and the distinction between them.
Spot and describe the security policies and their cycle. Name the protagonists of the security policies and their resources. Critically analyze the public security policies.

Learning outcomes and competences

Evidence of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit’s intended learning outcomes:
Mindful of the objectives, the syllabus is adequate to provide students with a broad and complete overview of criminological landscape and notions of security and insecurity, allowing the understanding of the concept of security and prevention. They should also be able to identify and distinguish the triggering mechanisms of violence, fear, security, power and control, and be able to understand the dynamic mechanisms of power and control construction upon the security policies and its application to transform reality.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N. A.

Program

Syllabus:
Synthetic definition and characterization of security and insecurity. Dynamic concept and historical evolution and its complexity. Triggering mechanisms for violence, fear, security, power and control. Security, power and control. Security and modern state. Current security issues: militarization of security and the construction of the enemy. Modern state crisis and security changes. The “glocal” phaenomanon and the need of new security policies.
Criminal policies: grounds and limits. Criminal policies evaluation as requierement for the accountability in the new governance.
The security policies: mechanisms, protagonists and resources. Applied security policies.

Mandatory literature

Agra Cândido da 1948-; Ciência, poder e acção
Cusson Maurice 1942-; L.art de la sécurité. ISBN: 978-2-89647-324-3
Recasens Amadeu; La^seguridad y sus políticas. ISBN: 978-84-96758-26-1
Robert Philippe 1939-; A^avaliação das políticas de prevenção e de segurança, analisada numa perspectiva metodológic
Sessar Klaus; Os^problemas que a criminologia enfrenta face ao direito penal e à política criminal

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methodologies (including assessment):
Theoretical sessions are used to describe and discuss the main  contents of  the program, combined with practical case analysis organized in small groups, focused in the analysis and discussion of scientific texts and another documental sources previously prepared by each student.  The assessment will be done in a final exam.

keywords

Social sciences > Criminology

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Eligibility for exams

Cf. General evaluation regulation

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam: 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

N. A.

Internship work/project

N. A.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Cf. General evaluation regulation

Classification improvement

Cf. General evaluation regulation