Safety Issues II

Code:

C300

Acronym:

QSEG I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

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	27	Oficial Study Plan LC	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To know the historical development of the fear of crime since the high Middle-Age to the Modern Age
To Master the different ways of empirically measuring fear of crime and crime
To be able to interpret empirical data collected by the instruments that measure the fear of crime and crime.
Analyze empirical studies on fear of crime

Program

I – Historical perspective of the crystallization of the fear of crime in the crime
II – Concepts: insecurity, fear of crime, security concerns, urban risks, etc...
III – Relations of the fear of crime with:
1) Crime
2) Economical and social crise
3) Mass media
4) Drug addict behaviour
IV - Methods and techniques for observing crime and fear of crime
1) Statistics instances of formal control
a) Volume and extent of crime
b) Structure of crime: victims and suspects
c) Temporal and spatial dimension of crime
2) Survey of self-reported delinquency
a) Behaviour typology
b) Prevalence and incidence measures
c) Differential Analysis of social-demographic and social integration factors
d) Analysis of contextual dimensions of transgressive behaviour
e) Temporal and spatial dimension
3) Victimization survey
a) Behaviour typology
b) Prevalence and incidence measures
c) Differential Analysis of social-demographic and social integration factors
d) Analysis of contextual dimensions of transgressive behaviour
e) Temporal and spatial dimension
f) Fear of Crime
4) Fear of crime survey
a) Fear of crime
b) Differential Analysis of social-demographic and social integration factors
c) Analysis of contextual dimensions of transgressive behaviour
5) Urban risks and social problems surveys
a) urban risks and social problems
b) fear of crime
c) Differential Analysis of social-demographic and social integration factors
d) Analysis of contextual dimensions of transgressive behaviour
V – Social cohesion and fear of crime
VI – The Portuguese experience in the international framework

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes. In theoretical classes will be described and discussed the main programmatic content. In practical classes work will be conducted in groups.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	70,00
	Total:	-	0,00