Experimental Criminology

Code:

C102

Acronym:

CEXP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S (since 10-02-2020 to 15-05-2020)

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	58	Oficial Study Plan LC	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the Curricular Unit, students should:

-Have acquired knowledge concerning crime and justice produced in the last 25 years by a new research field in Criminology, designated, since 1999, by the name of “Experimental Criminology”.

 -Have developed technical abilities in experimental research methods applied to Criminology study objects.

 -Have acquired abilities that allow to understand and to plan the scientific evaluation of intervention programmes in the areas of crime and justice.

 -Have acquired knowledge concerning experimental laboratorial studies, in particular on  the psychophysiology and crelevant to criminology.

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable

Program

1. Introduction
1.1. Brief epistemological contextualization.
1.2. The notion of Causality: causal description and causal explanation.
1.3. The cycle of experimental research
1.4. Types of validity.
1.2.4. Types of experimental designs.

2. Experimental Criminology
2.1. The conditions of emergency and development of Experimental Criminology.
2.2. The evidence-based movement
2.3. Randomized experiments in crime and justice;
2.4. Quasi-Experimental research;
2.5. Criteria for the organization of the scientific knowledge produced in Experimental Criminology.

3. Laboratorial Experimental Criminology
3.1. Study domains and its application:
3.2. Applications to criminology and the study of human behavior.

4. 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
Brandon C. Welsh; Experimental criminology. ISBN: 978-1-107-61413-0
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
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
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 criminology in a multidisciplinary approach. 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

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	5,00
Estudo autónomo	35,00
Frequência das aulas	35,00
Trabalho escrito	15,00
Total:	90,00

Eligibility for exams

The distributed evalution consists in the production of a review work and presentation of a scientific paper in the domain of Experimental Criminology. This part has a relative weight of 40% of the Final grade. This work is mandatory in order to have access to the final exam (minimum classification of 8 values).

 

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Classification=0.60xFE + 0.40xDE; in which FE designates Final Exam and DE designates distribution evalution.

Each of these elements is classified on a scale from 0 to 20 values.

Examinations or Special Assignments

NA

Internship work/project

N.A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to law and rules enforced

Classification improvement

Cfr regulamento geral

Observations

NA