History of Criminology

Code:

C100

Acronym:

HISTC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S (since 06-02-2023 to 19-05-2023)

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	77	Oficial Study Plan LC	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purpose of this course is to provide an historical and interdisciplinary perspective of the emergence and evolution of thinking about crime and deviance in Europe and North America. It will focus on the main aspects of the history of practices and theoretical conceptions about crime, deviance, criminal justice and punishment from the mid-eighteenth to the late nineteenth century.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able to identify historical analysis in criminology and pinpoint the main stages of the scientific development of this field of knowledge. They shpuld also be aware of the complexity of giving an historical account of criminology.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

none

Program

I - Methods for an historical analysis II - Emergence and evolution of theoretical systems: Classical School; prisons' reform;Cartographic School;  Phrenology; Psichiatry; Morel; School of Criminal Anthropology; Social Defense School. III - The evolution of criminal thought and its relationship with History of general scientific thought IV - Portuguese criminology: an historical overview.

Mandatory literature

Agra Cândido da 1948-; Science, maladie mentale et dispositifs de l.enfance
Agra Cândido da 1948-; Elementos para uma epistemologia da criminologia
Agra Cândido da 300 1948-; A^criminologia. ISBN: 978-989-8265-88-3
Beccaria Cesare; Dos delitos e das penas. ISBN: 972-31-0816-X
Beirne Piers; Inventing criminology. ISBN: 0-7914-1276-8
Bentham Jeremy 1748-1832; Traducção das obras politicas do sabio jurisconsulto Jeremias Bentham...
Debuyst Christian 070; Histoire des savoirs sur le crime & la peine. ISBN: 2-8041-1966-1
Garofalo Raffaele 1851-1934; Criminologia
Knepper, Paul; Ystehede, P.; The^Cesare Lombroso handbook. ISBN: 9780415657518
Lombroso Cesare 1836-1909; L.homme criminel
Rafter Nicole 340; The^origins of criminology. ISBN: 978-0-415-45112-3
Christian Debuyst; Histoire des savoirs sur le crime & la peine. ISBN: 2-8041-1966-1
Alison Liebling; The^Oxford handbook of criminology. ISBN: 978-0-19-871944-1

Complementary Bibliography

Mucchielli Laurent 1968-; Histoire de la criminologie française. ISBN: 2-7384-3136-4
João Fatela; O^sangue e a rua. ISBN: 972-20-0677-0
Walter S. DeKeseredy; Routledge handbook of critical criminology. ISBN: 978-0-415-77967-8
Foucault Michel 1926-1984 080; Eu, Pierre Rivière, que degolei a minha mãe, a minha irmã e o meu irmão.... ISBN: 972-710-168-2
Michel Foucault; Surveiller et punir. ISBN: 2-07-072868-0
Garland, D. ; Of crimes and criminals: the development of Criminology in Britain. In: Mike Maguire, Rod Morgan e Robert Reiner (eds.), The Oxford Hanbook of Criminology. (17-68), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994

Comments from the literature

Throughout the semester bibliography in electronic format will be provided, v.g. relevant scientific articles.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical sessions are used to describe and discuss the main contents of the program. Training sessions are orientated toward the analysis and discussion of scientific literature and other resources previously prepared by the students.

keywords

Social sciences > Criminology
Humanities > History > History of social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	40,00
Exame	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho escrito	15,00
Total:	15,00

Eligibility for exams

See general rules

Calculation formula of final grade

Assignement: 40%. Exame: 60%

Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Internship work/project

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

See general rules

Classification improvement

See general rules

Observations

The timetable for student attendance will be decided according to the timetable of classes in the second semester.