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Presentation
Presentation
Public policies to avoid and prevent crime. Provide the student with sensitive areas (Physical, social and economic environment) and raise awareness of understanding of criminal science.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 2.5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Optional | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT6358-23398
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1. Introduction to Environmental Criminology 2. Basic Theories in Environmental Criminology 3. Spatial Analysis of Crime 4. Impact of the Physical Environment on Crime 5. The Role of Social and Economic Context 6. Situational Crime Prevention 7. Criminal Policy and Environmental Criminology 8. Research and Methods in Environmental Criminology 9. Case Studies and Critical Analysis 10. Future Applications and Innovations in Environmental Criminology 11. Fieldwork and Final Project
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Objectives
Objectives
This UC intends to enable students with the main issues of Environmental Criminology, its scope and paradigms, and the way in which the criminal phenomenon emerges in the face of various conditions, from the echoes of time and the exposure of the subjects to certain environments. It also aims to alert to the geographic distribution of crime and the different types it manifests, according to the opportunities created by the environments and the interaction that is established between it and the criminal actors (transgressor and victim). The inter-contribution of Criminology with other knowledge (Architecture, Urbanism, Economics, Ecology…) is also a problem to be learned, especially with regard to the connection between the individual and the environment, and how it can be modified and the effects therefrom. Finally, we seek to state the contribution that Environmental Criminology makes to criminal policy and to the implementation of criminal public policies.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The expository method will be used in theoretical classes, and, in practical classes, the topics will be the subject of debate with students. For some of these classes, technicians from intercontributory areas will be invited, who will talk about their work experiences. Reading and commenting on texts on the subjects will take place in practical classes, always under the guidance of the teacher. The assessment will consist of fieldwork with the development of a project on one of the program's themes (65%) and a written test (35%).
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References
References
Andresen, M. A. (2020). Environmental Criminology: Evolution, Theory, and Practice. 2nd Ed. NY: Routledge. Brantingham, P. J., & Brantingham, P. L. (1993). Nodes, paths, and edges: Considerations on the complexity of crime and the physical environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 13(1), 3-28. Boba, R. (2005). Crime analysis and crime mapping.Thousand Oaks: Sage, Buerger Brantingham, P. J. & Brantingham, P. L. (Eds.) (1991). Environmental Criminology. NY: Waveland. Brites, J. (2002). O paradigma ecopsicossociológico na desordem. In C. Poiares. (Ed.) Psicologia e Justiça: razões e trajectos, Sub Judice, 22/23, 85-90. Cornish, D., & Clarke, R. (2008). The rational choice perspective. R. Wortley & L. Mazerolle. Environmental Criminology and crime analysis. Devon: Willan, 23-47. Cozens, P. M., & Love, T. (2015). Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED): A Review and Modern Bibliography. Urban Studies Research.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
