Clinic Criminology

Code:

C205

Acronym:

CRIM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S (since 05-02-2024 to 31-07-2024)

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	53	Oficial Study Plan LC 2023	2	-	6	-
		Oficial Study Plan LC	2	-	6	-
		Oficial Study Plan LC	2	-	6	-
		Oficial Study Plan LC 2023	2	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. 
   
   The emergency conditions of clinical criminology, theories and concepts, methods, themes, and intervention fields;
   
   


2. 
   
   The applications of the clinical method in the criminological praxis and the process and dynamics of the psychological assessment;
   
   


3. 
   
   Knowing clinical practice as an evidence-based practice;
   
   


4. 
   
   The different methods and techniques of psychological assessment and its scientific basis;
   
   


5. 
   
   The contribution of the scientific study of psychopathology and crime for the conceptualization of the person under clinical analysis;
   
   


6. 
   
   The limits and implications of clinical criminology and ethical and deontological issues.
   
   

Learning outcomes and competences

Students are expected to acquire the skills necessary to reflect on the core concepts of clinical criminology. We also intend to introduce and train essential clinical skills in assessment and intervention.

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable

Program

I - Clinical Criminology

a. Clinical Criminology: Introduction, definition, and object;
b. The concept of Dangerousness: conceptual framing and legal framing;
c. Assessment of Dangerousness and its reflections on the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code;
d. From dangerousness to risk: historical and critical approach;

II - The Practice of Clinical Work

a. The clinical method;
b. Clinical work from a phenomenological perspective: understanding and interpretation; the process, dynamics, and consequences;
c. Clinical interview: interview techniques, attitudes in the interview, setting;
d. Actuarial assessment and its tools.

III - Personality and the Risk of Criminal Recidivism
a. Models on personality and its relation to crime;
b. Personality disorders, namely antisocial disorders;
c. Risk factors for criminal recidivism;
d. Clinical approach to special groups of offenders: offenders with violent behaviors and sexual offenders.

IV - Psychopathology and Crime
a. Basic concepts of psychopathology;
b. General Psychopathology and Special Psychopathology;
c. Psychopathology and Crime – Relations

Mandatory literature

Bartol Curt R. 1940-; Psychology and law. ISBN: 0-534-16320-3
Bonta, J.; Risk-needs assessment and treatment. In A. T. Harland (Ed.), Choosing correctional options that work (pp. 18-32). , Thousand, Oaks: Californie. , 1996
Bonta, J. & Wormith, S. ; Risk and need assessment. In G. Mclvor & P. Raynor (Eds.), Developments in social work with offenders (pp. 131-152)., London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. , 2008
Canepa G. 340; La^criminologie clinique
Cario, R. & Favard, A-M.; La personnalité criminelle, Érès, 2002
Casoni Dianne; La^psychocriminologie. ISBN: 2-7606-1867-6
DEBUYST, Ch. ; Le concept de dangerosité et un de ses éléments constitutifs: la personnalité (criminelle). Déviance et Société,1 (4), 363-388, 1977
DEBUYST, C. ; L'étiologie, envisagée dans le cadre des études cliniques. Les concepts de base et leur utilisation: de la notion de personnalité delinquante à celle de comportement délinquant, celui-ci étant envisagé a partir de son sens. Rassegna di criminologia, IX(2), 443, 1978
DEBUYST, C. ; Les paradigmes du droit pénal et les criminologies cliniques. Criminologie, XXV(2), 49-72., 1992
Debuyst Christian 070; Histoire des savoirs sur le crime & la peine. ISBN: 2-8041-1966-1
Debuyst Christian 300; Dangerosite et justice penale. ISBN: 2-88049-005-7
Gassin Raymond; Criminologie. ISBN: 2-247-01841-6
Hess Allen K. 340; The^handbook of forensic psychology. ISBN: 0-471-17771-7
Leclercq Jacques 070; L.homme criminel
Tullio Benigno di; Principes de criminologie clinique
Hansenne, M. ; Psicologia da Personalidade, Climepsi Editores., 2003
Digneffe Françoise 300; Acteur social et délinquance. ISBN: 2-87009-424-8
Digneffe, F. & Adam, C.; Le dévelopment de la criminologie clinique à l´École de Louvain: Une clinique interdisciplinaire de l´human, Criminologie, 37,1, 43-70, 2004
Tulkens, F. & Digneffe, F.; La notion de dangerosité dans la politique criminelle en europe occidentale, Debuyst, C. & Tulkens, F., 1981. ISBN: 2-88049-005-7
Manita, C.; Personalidade criminal e perigosidade: da "perigosidade" do sujeit criminoso ao(s) perigo(s) de se tornar objetcto duma "personalidade criminal", Revista do Ministério Público, 69, 55-80, 1997
Fréchette Marcel; Délinquances et délinquants. ISBN: 2-89105-237-4
Andrews D. A. 1941-; The^psychology of criminal conduct. ISBN: 1-59345-321-3
Doren Dennis M.; Evaluating sex offenders. ISBN: 0-7619-2114-1
Otto Randy K. 340; Handbook of violence risk assessment. ISBN: 978-0-415-96214-8
Trzpacz Paula T.; Exame psiquiátrico do estado mental. ISBN: 972-8449-77-1
American Psychiatric Association; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. ISBN: 978-0-89042-554-1
Simões Mário R. 570; Psicologia forense. ISBN: 978-989-693-076-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes combine content presentation with the completion of practical work related to the subjects taught. Active information seeking will be prioritized, as well as the integration of the knowledge covered with the study of recent publications and the research implications for the analysis of specific clinical cases. Exercises such as role-playing and case studies will be emphasized to develop students' clinical skills in the classroom context.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	72,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance with current regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Internship work/project

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with current regulations.

Classification improvement

In accordance with current regulations.

Observations

None