Clinic Criminology

Code:

C205

Acronym:

CRIM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S (since 07-02-2022 to 20-05-2022)

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	56	Oficial Study Plan LC	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The program aims to introduce:

1. The emergency conditions of clinical criminology, theories and concepts, methods, themes and intervention fields;
2. The applications of the clinical method in the criminological praxis and the process and dynamics of the psychological assessment;
3. The different methods and techniques of psychological assessment and its scientific basis;
4. The notion of clinical practice as an evidence based practice;
5. The contribution of the scientific study of psychopathology and crime for the conceptualization of the person under clinical analysis;
6. The limits and implications of clinical criminology and ethical and deontological issues.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that students acquire the skills that are necessary to reflect around the core concepts of clinical criminology. We also intend to introduce and train essential clinical skills in assessment and intervention.

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable

Program

I - Clinical Criminology, Dangerousness and Assessment:

1. 
   

   Clinical Criminology: Introduction; - Definition and object; - Emergency and crisis;

   
   


2. 
   

   The concept of Dangerousness: Dangerousness and criminal personality; - Conceptual framework (criminologic and juridic perspectives); - From dangerousness to risk: historical and critical approach;

   
   


3. 
   

   The clinical method and the phenomenological perspective; Understanding and interpretation; - Process and dynamics of the psychological assessment; - Observation and evaluation models and techniques; - The clinical interview;

   
   


4. 
   

   Actuarial assessment: Objectives and instruments;

   
   


5. 
   

   Clinical approach to special delinquent groups: aggressive and sexual delinquents.

   
   

I - Psychopathology and Crime:

1. Basic Concepts and analogous terminology: - The Mental State Exame; - Signs and symptoms of Consciousness, Perception, Memory, Intelligence, Speech and language, Thought, Emotion and Physical Behavior Disorders;


2. Main Nosographic Frames and their Criteria Diagnostic Assessment: - Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders; - Humor Disorders: Bipolar Disorder I and II; - Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Disorder and Psychopathy; - Impulse Control Disorders: Kleptomania, Pyromania, Mitomania, and Pathological Gambling; - Sexual Disorders: Paraphilias; - Disruptive of Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence: the concept of "non-emotional callous traits".

Mandatory literature

Bartol Curt R. 1940-; Psychology and law. ISBN: 0-534-16320-3
Bonta, J.; Risk-needs assessment and treatment. In A. T. Harland (Ed.), Choosing correctional options that work (pp. 18-32). , Thousand, Oaks: Californie. , 1996
Bonta, J. & Wormith, S. ; Risk and need assessment. In G. Mclvor & P. Raynor (Eds.), Developments in social work with offenders (pp. 131-152)., London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. , 2008
Canepa G. 340; La^criminologie clinique
Cario, R. & Favard, A-M.; La personnalité criminelle, Érès, 2002
Casoni Dianne; La^psychocriminologie. ISBN: 2-7606-1867-6
DEBUYST, Ch. ; Le concept de dangerosité et un de ses éléments constitutifs: la personnalité (criminelle). Déviance et Société,1 (4), 363-388, 1977
DEBUYST, C. ; L'étiologie, envisagée dans le cadre des études cliniques. Les concepts de base et leur utilisation: de la notion de personnalité delinquante à celle de comportement délinquant, celui-ci étant envisagé a partir de son sens. Rassegna di criminologia, IX(2), 443, 1978
DEBUYST, C. ; Les paradigmes du droit pénal et les criminologies cliniques. Criminologie, XXV(2), 49-72., 1992
Debuyst Christian 070; Histoire des savoirs sur le crime & la peine. ISBN: 2-8041-1966-1
Debuyst Christian 300; Dangerosite et justice penale. ISBN: 2-88049-005-7
Gassin Raymond; Criminologie. ISBN: 2-247-01841-6
Hess Allen K. 340; The^handbook of forensic psychology. ISBN: 0-471-17771-7
Leclercq Jacques 070; L.homme criminel
Tullio Benigno di; Principes de criminologie clinique
Hansenne, M. ; Psicologia da Personalidade, Climepsi Editores., 2003
Digneffe Françoise 300; Acteur social et délinquance. ISBN: 2-87009-424-8
Digneffe, F. & Adam, C.; Le dévelopment de la criminologie clinique à l´École de Louvain: Une clinique interdisciplinaire de l´human, Criminologie, 37,1, 43-70, 2004
Tulkens, F. & Digneffe, F.; La notion de dangerosité dans la politique criminelle en europe occidentale, Debuyst, C. & Tulkens, F., 1981. ISBN: 2-88049-005-7
Manita, C.; Personalidade criminal e perigosidade: da "perigosidade" do sujeit criminoso ao(s) perigo(s) de se tornar objetcto duma "personalidade criminal", Revista do Ministério Público, 69, 55-80, 1997
Fréchette Marcel; Délinquances et délinquants. ISBN: 2-89105-237-4
Andrews D. A. 1941-; The^psychology of criminal conduct. ISBN: 1-59345-321-3
Doren Dennis M.; Evaluating sex offenders. ISBN: 0-7619-2114-1
Otto Randy K. 340; Handbook of violence risk assessment. ISBN: 978-0-415-96214-8
Trzpacz Paula T.; Exame psiquiátrico do estado mental. ISBN: 972-8449-77-1
American Psychiatric Association; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. ISBN: 978-0-89042-554-1
Simões Mário R. 570; Psicologia forense. ISBN: 978-989-693-076-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes, combining the description and discussion of the main contents of the program with practical group-work. Practical classes are orientated towards the active search for information, the integration pf the contents through the analysis of recent scientific literature and the discussion of the implication of current theoretical models and research for the analysis of particular cases.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	72,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance with current regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade = 0,75xFE + 0,25xDA, where FE and DA designate, respectively, Final Exam grade and Distributed Assessment Grade.

Each of these two elements is assessed from 0 to 20 points.

Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Internship work/project

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with current regulations.

Classification improvement

In accordance with current regulations.

Observations

None