Epistemology of Criminology

Code:

C304

Acronym:

EPISTC

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	28	Oficial Study Plan LC	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Criminology as field of theory and practice; its relationships with other disciplines of knowledge, namely human and social sciences.

- To place criminological thinking at the heart of the transformations in the systems of thought

- To know major epistemological traditions and being able to develop epistemological analytical grids, applying them when approaching the criminal phenomenon

- To consider research methods and intervention practices in an epistemological way

Program

1. General features of scientific thought

2. Division and classification of sciences. The place of criminology within science and its scientific status

3. Positivism, Rationalism and Constructivism in Criminology

4. Criminological thought: describing, explaining, understanding and interpreting

5. Criminological Functionalism, Structuralism and Historicism

6. Actual “episteme” and Criminology

7. Epistemology and its relationship with research methods and intervention practices

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

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

See general rules

Calculation formula of final grade

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Examinations or Special Assignments

See general rules

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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Classification improvement

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Observations

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