Class Development Criminology

The course intends to introduce students to the field of Developmental Criminology, at the level of the main concepts, allowing them to acquire knowledge about criminal, antisocial and delinquent behavior - onset, persistance, stabilization and desistance - at the descriptive, explanatory and applied levels. It is intended that students acquire training on: Development Criminology, its objectives, constructs, methods and main issues; Life cycle : routes ; developmental theories and respective theoretical contribution to the enunciation and understanding/explanation of the development of transgressive behaviors; Most relevant longitudinal studies and results; Application of Developmental Criminology to the life cycle and the explanation of delinquent behaviors., as well as its use as an instrument of prevention policies; Cumulatively, the issue of gender is addressed in the context of criminality.