History of Criminology

Code:

C100

Acronym:

HISTC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2007/2008 - 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
C	56	Oficial Study Plan LC	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purpose of this course is to provide an historical and interdisciplinary perspective of the emergence and evolution of thinking about crime and deviance in Europe and North America. It will focus on the main aspects of the history of practices and theoretical conceptions about crime, deviance, criminal justice and punishment from the mid-eighteenth to the late nineteenth century.

Program

I - Emergence and evolution of theoretical systems.
II - Emergence and evolution of object systems.
III - Emergence and evolution of method systems.
IV - Emergence and evolution of practical systems and politics.
V - Criminology in Europe and North America: an historical overview.
VI - Portuguese criminology: an historical overview.

Main Bibliography

Bibliography
- Beccaria, C. (1998). Dos delitos e das penas. (trad. José de Faria Costa). Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
- Debuyst, Ch., Digneffe, F., Labadie, J.-M., Pires, A. (1995). Histoire des savoirs sur le crime & la peine. 1. Des savoirs diffus à la notion de criminel-né. Bruxelles, Montréal, Ottawa : De Boeck Université.
- Debuyst, Ch., Digneffe, F., Pires, A. (1998). Histoire des savoirs sur le crime & la peine. 2. La rationalité pénale et la naissance de la criminologie. Bruxelles, Montréal, Ottawa : De Boeck Université.
- Foucault, M. (1975). Surveiller et punir. Naissance de la prison. Paris: Gallimard.
- Foucault, M. (1976). Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique. Paris: Gallimard.
- Foucault, M. (1997). Eu, Pierre Rivière que degolei a minha mãe, a minha irmã e o meu irmão...: um caso de parricídio no século XIX (1997). Lisboa: Terramar.
- Santos, M. (1999). A sombra e a luz: as prisões do liberalismo. Lisboa: Afrontamento.
- Tulkens, F. (1988). Généalogie de la défense sociale en Belgique (1880-1914).Travaux du séminaire qui s’est tenu a l’Université Catholique de Louvain 1981, (dir.) Michel Foucault. Bruxelles: Story- Scientia.

Complementary Bibliography

More specific bibliography will be provided during each session.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical sessions are used to describe and discuss the main contents of the program. Practice sessions are orientated toward the analysis and discussion of scientific literature and other resources previously prepared by the students.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	60,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

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Calculation formula of final grade

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Classification improvement

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