Developmental Criminology

Code:

C411

Acronym:

CD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S (since 09-09-2013 to 20-12-2013)

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	60	Oficial Study Plan LC	4	-	4	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To provide an introduction to the field of developmental criminology, its main concepts, theories, empirical studies

and methods.

-To provide an overview of the major longitudinal studies,

-To provide an overview of the theoretical and empirical contributions of the developmental approach and an

understanding of the major developmental theories.

- To provide an understanding of the implications of developmental criminology in the prevention of delinquency.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the Curricular Unit, students should:

-Have acquired the theoretical and empirical frameworks that structure the field of developmental criminology and its contribution to the understanding of antisocial and criminal behavior.

-Have acquired knowledge concerning the main longitudinal studies in criminology.

- Be able to understand the literature produced in the domain of Developmental Criminology and to think in a developmental way about the factors and processes of criminal behavior.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

I-Introduction: definition and main emergency conditions of developmental criminology:

II-Core goals, concepts and key issues in developmental and "life-course"approaches

III-Methodological developments, longitudinal studies and their implications for the description and explanation of antisocial and criminal behavior.

IV- Major questions

1. Continuity and change

2. Factors, processes and life-events

3. Prediction and causality

V-The developmental theories

1- Developmental and "life course"perspectivees/criminal propensity approaches

2.Developmental theories

- Developmental Taxonomy (adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior), T. Moffitt.

- "The Interactional Theory", T.Thornberry and M.Krohn:

- "The Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential ", D. Farrington

- "The general age-graded theory of informal social control", Sampson and Laub

VI-The developmental prevention

Mandatory literature

Farrington David P. 340; Integrated developmental & life-course theories of offending. ISBN: 0-7658-0280-5
Lahey Benjamin B. 340; Causes of conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency. ISBN: 1-57230-881-8
Thornberry Terence P.; Developmental theories of crime and delinquency. ISBN: 1-56000-199-2
Sampson Robert J. 340; Developmental criminology and its discontents. ISBN: 978-141293679-8
Loeber Rolf 340; From juvenile delinquency to adult crime. ISBN: 978-019-982818-0
Farrington David P.; Saving children from a life of crime. ISBN: 978-0-19-530409-1
Gibson Chris L. 340; Handbook of life-course criminology. ISBN: 978-1-4614-5112-9
Gottfredson Michael R.; A^general theory of crime. ISBN: 0-8047-1774-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation  and discussion of the topics of the syllabus.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification corresponds to the classification obtained on the exam.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the "Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos do Primeiro Ciclo de Estudos em Criminologia da FDUP".

Observations

Bibliografia Principal

Farrington (2002). Developmental Criminology. In M. Maguire et al. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford University Press / Books.

Farrington, D. (Ed.) (2005).Integrated developmental & life-course theories of offending. New Brunswick:Transaction Publ..

Farrington D.,Welsh, B.(2007). Saving children from a life of crime. Oxford Univ. Press.

Gibson, Ch. Krohn, M. (2013).Handbook of life-course criminology.NY: Springer.

Gottfredson M.,Hirschi, T.(1994).A general theory of crime. Stanford Univ. Press.

Lahey, B., Moffitt,T., Caspi,A. (2003).Causes of conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency.NY: Guilford Press.

Loeber R., Farrington, D. (2012).From juvenile delinquency to adult crime: criminal careers, justice policy, and prevention.Oxford Univ. Press.

Moffitt,T. (1993).Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: (...).Psychological Review, 100 (4),674-701.

Sampson, R, Laub, J. (2005) Developmental criminology and its discontents. The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Thornberry, T.(1997).Developmental theories of crime and delinquency.New Brunswick.Transaction Press