Class Seminar on Criminological Issues II

This CU aims to bring students closer to the major themes of Criminology, operating on a modular basis, and with the presence of at least one guest per semester, chosen from among specialists in the subjects covered. At the same time, the topics will be worked on from the perspective of the professional performance of criminologists, in order to enable knowledge of the criminological reality and cooperation in the field of Criminal Sciences.

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A. RELATIONAL AND PSYCHO-AFFECTIVE VIOLENCE Conceptualization. Legal framework. Species; modalities. Aggressor and victim. Victimization cycles. Recurring and indirect victims. Psychological consequences. Secondary criminalization and severity of sentences. Criminological and juspsychological intervention with aggressors and victims. B. MEDIATION AND RESTAURATIVE JUSTICE Concept, object, genesis and framing. Models. Alternative justice: legal, criminological, social and psychological functions. Mediation as an instrument of criminal policy. The reduction of property and non-property damage Fields of application. Limitations. C. CYBERCRIMINALITY Notion and basic concepts; legal framework. Fundamental rights in the context of cybercrime. Challenges raised by cyberspace and institutional reaction, national and international. General features. Actors: offenders and victims. Crime of the future? Direct and indirect consequences. Instrumental cybercrime. Preventive measures.

The teaching and assessment methodology will be those described in SCT I. If there are three modules in this SCT II, the final classification will correspond to the arithmetic average of the marks awarded in each module.

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