Clinic Criminology

Code:

C205

Acronym:

CRIM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2012/2013 - 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	81	Oficial Study Plan LC	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The program aims to introduce i) the emergency conditions of clinical criminology, theories and concepts, methods, themes and intervention fields; ii) the applications of the clinical method in the criminological praxis and the process and dynamics of the psychological assessment; iii) the different methods and techniques of psychological assessment and its scientific basis; iv) 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

Group I

Personality: 1. Introduction to the concept and study of personality; 2. Historical introduction; 3. Definitions: personality, process, structure, system, temperament, trait, dimension, type; 4. Methodological approaches on the study of personality: quantitative vs. qualitative; nomothetic vs. ideographic perspectives, 5. Measurement of psychological constructs; criteria for the scientific assessment of personality theories. II- Theoretical perspectives (history and present day status): 1.Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic perspectives; 2. Behaviorism; 3. Socio-Cognitive perspectives; 4. Trait and psychobiological theories. III- Emotions: 1. Definition and function; 2. Theories of Emotion. IV- Morality: 1. Theories for the development of the concepts of justice and care; 2. Broad perspectives on the foundations of Morality (rationalism vs. Intuitionism and socio-intuitionism). V- Personality, Emotion, Social Cognition and Morality: integrated perspective from the standpoint of the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neurosciences.

 

Group II

I- Clinical Criminology: Introduction 1. Definition and object 2. Emergency and crisis II. Concepts and theoretical approaches (psychopathology, phenomenology, humanism) 1. dangerousness and criminal personality 1.1. conceptual framework 1.2. from dangerousness to risk: historical and critical approach III. The clinical method 1. understanding and interpretation 2. process and dynamics of the psychological assessment 3. observation and evaluation models and techniques IV – The clinical interview 1. the psychological assessment in a forensic context 2. clinical approach of special delinquent groups: aggressive and sexual delinquents.

 

 

Mandatory literature

Ackerman Marc J.; Essentials of forensic psychological assessment. ISBN: 0-471-33186-4
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
Duflot-Favori Colette; Le^psychologue expert en justice. ISBN: 2-13-041412-5
Foucault Michel 1926-1984; Naissance de la clinique. ISBN: 2-13-053639-5
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
Pervin Lawrence A.; Personality. ISBN: 978-0-470-55305-3
Hansenne, M. ; Psicologia da Personalidade, Climepsi Editores., 2003
LeDoux, J. ; O Cérebro Emocional: Os Misteriosos Alicerces da Vida Emocional, Pergaminho., 1995
Lourenço, O. ; Psicologia do Desenvolvimento Moral: Teoria, Dados e Implicações, Almedina. , 2006
Sinnot-armstrong, W. ; Moral Psychology, vol 1. Evolution of Morality - Adaptations and Innateness., MIT Press, 2008
Sinnot-armstrong, W. ; Moral Psychology, vol 3.The Cognitive Science of Morality – Intuition and Diversity , MIT Press, 2008

Complementary Bibliography

Born Michel; Psicologia da delinquência. ISBN: 972-796-159-2
Guay, J. P. ; Prédiction actuarielle et prédiction clinique: Le dernier souffle d’une pratique traditionelle. Revue Internationale de Criminologie et de Police Scientifique, 2, 149-164, 2006
Kapardis Andreas; Psychology and law. ISBN: 0-521-55738-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes are used to describe and discuss the main contents of the program. Practical classes are orientated towards 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
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	80,00
	Exame		100,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

See general rules

Calculation formula of final grade

Not applicable