Developmental Criminology

Code:

C411

Acronym:

CD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S (since 20-09-2021 to 18-12-2021)

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	33	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	75,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

 final classification = 0,75xEF + 0,25xT,
EF = final exam
T = practical work 

Classification improvement

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

Observations

Suplmentary Bibliography:

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..


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

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



Office hours (it is advisable that students make a prior appointment by sending an email to the teacher):

Wednesday, between 14:00 and 16:00, in the office 0.20