Intervention in Antisocial and Delinquent Behaviors

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Cycles of Study/Courses

Teaching language

Objectives

At the end of the semester the student must be able to:

- Identify risk and protective factors in juvenile delinquency

- Relate the evolution in the juvenile justice system with different approaches to delinquency

- Improve the knowledge of youth justice policy and practice in Portugal

- Identify the basic components of successful preventive interventions in youth crime

- Identify the basic principles and strategies of the cognitive-behavioral interventions in juvenile delinquency

- Identify the basic principles and strategies of family-based interventions in juvenile delinquency

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semestee students must be able to:

- Know the most important theoretical and practical models that enable them to understand and intervene in delinquency

- Assess cognitive processes and criminogenic needs that have an impact in social adaptation and aggression/delinquent behaviors

- Develop preventive and treatment strategies for aggressive and antisocial youth

Working method

Program

Mandatory literature

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Theoretical and practical classes.

- Lectures by specialists of different fields.

- Role-plays.

- Videos.

- Bibliographic research.

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Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Calculation formula of final grade

Examinations or Special Assignments

Do not exist.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the regulations of the Faculty.

Classification improvement

There is a possibility of doing a final examination in the examination period, in accordance with the article 11 of the regulation in use in the Faculty.