Criminal Procedure and Criminology Themes

Code:

MD143

Acronym:

TPPC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

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

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	21	Plano Oficial MD do ano letivo 2016	1	-	7,5	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS:
- Provide an overview of current doctrine on specific and controversial topics of criminal evidence;
- Deepen the theoretical and dogmatic bases of the studied institutes, as well as their projections in terms of legal regulation and jurisprudential solutions;
- Promote autonomous and critical reflection on central problems of the criminal procedure.

Criminology themes:

Part one of the syllabus aims at studying the current status of the discipline, in its fundamental and applied fields; identifying the main propositions of nowadays’ theoretical paradigms and its implications on the level of criminological investigation.
In the second part of the syllabus, one aims at specific objects of criminological knowledge and investigation: the “white-collar crime” and restorative justice
To analyze the emergency of victimology as an area of scientific knowledge and its place regarding criminology.

To understand and to analyze critically on the position of the victim in the system of criminal justice, its rights and necessities, fitting it in the national and international legal-political developments produced in this domain.

Learning outcomes and competences

Criminal procedure themes:

Students should be able to:
- have a grounded knowledge of current doctrine on the evidence topics studied;
- discuss critically the legal and jurisprudencial solutions to the central problems of criminal procedure.


Criminology themes:

Students should be able to:
- know the current state of Criminology;
- identify and reason about theoretical paradigmes of curent Criminology;
- identify and reason about main issues on criminological research, separating it from judicial investigation;
- know Criminological work on white-collar crime;
- know Criminological and Victimological work on restorative justice.

Working method

Presencial

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

does not apply

Program

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
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; O^ofensor de colarinho branco é um empreendedor?
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; A^criminologia e o crime de colarinho branco
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; Similarities between entrepreneurship and white-collar crime
Cusson Maurice; Criminologia. ISBN: 978-972-46-1620-9
Hagan Frank E.; Introduction to criminology. ISBN: 0-8304-1351-0
Vold George B.; Theoretical criminology. ISBN: 0-19-503616-6
Dignan James; Understanding victims and restorative justice. ISBN: 0-335-20979-3
Johnstone Gerry 340; Handbook of restorative justice. ISBN: 1-84392-151-0
Aertsen Ivo 340; Institutionalizing restorative justice. ISBN: 1-84392-159-6
Walklate Sandra 340; Handbook of victims and victimology. ISBN: 978-1-84392-257-5
Andrade Manuel da Costa 1944-; Sobre as proibições de prova em processo penal. ISBN: 972-32-0613-7
Andrade Manuel da Costa 1944-; Bruscamente, no verão passado, a reforma do Código de Processo Penal. ISBN: 978-972-32-1726-1
Correia João Conde 1966-; Contributo para a análise da inexistência e das nulidades processuais penais. ISBN: 972-32-0917-9
Seiça António Alberto Medina de 1967-; O^conhecimento probatório do co-arguido. ISBN: 972-32-0901-2
Seiça António Alberto Medina de 1967-; Legalidade da prova e reconhecimentos atípicos em processo penal
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; Legalidade da prova e provas proibidas
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; As^alterações em matéria de recursos, em especial a restrição de acesso à jurisdição do Supr
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; A^protecção de testemunhas no processo penal
Silva, Sandra Oliveira e; A liberdade contra a autoincriminação no processo penal: breves considerações em torno do princípio “nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare”, 2016 (http://www.amprs.com.br/public/arquivos/revista_artigo/arquivo_1504551588.pdf)
Silva Sandra Oliveira e 1977-; O^arguido como meio de prova contra si mesmo
McLaughlin Eugene 220; The^sage dictionary of criminology. ISBN: 0-7619-5908-4
Maguire Mike; The^Oxford handbook of criminology. ISBN: 0-19-876241-0
David Silva Ramalho; Métodos ocultos de investigação criminal em ambiente digital. ISBN: 978-972-40-7000-1
António Gama; Comentário judiciário do Código de Processo Penal. ISBN: 978-972-40-7742-0
Sandra Oliveira e Silva; It.s all in your head?
José Manuel Neves Cruz; Entrepreneurial intentions and attitudes towards plagiarism
José Manuel Neves Cruz; Anomia, criminalidade e debilidades do sistema de justiça em Portugal

Complementary Bibliography

Will Susan 340; How they got away with it. ISBN: 978-0-231-15691-2
Van Erp, J., Huisman, W. & Walle, G.V. ; The Routledge Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime in Europe, Routledge, 2015
Cruz José Manuel Neves 1965-; Economia e política. ISBN: 978-972-32-1583-0
Slyke Shanna R. van 340; The^Oxford handbook of white-collar crime. ISBN: 978-0-19-992551-3
Albuquerque Paulo Sérgio Pinto de 212; Comentário do código de processo penal à luz da constituição da república e da convenção eur. ISBN: 978-972-54-0295-5

Comments from the literature

With regard to each of the specific topics, further bibliography will be indicated.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching will consist on theoretical-practical classes, combining the presentation of the programme with analysis and discussion of the main perspectives for each theme.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	36,00
Trabalho de investigação	100,00
Total:	206,00

Eligibility for exams

The evaluation will consist on a final written exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final written exam: 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

does not apply

Internship work/project

does not apply

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

does not apply

Classification improvement

according to general rules