Curricular Unit:			Code:
Crime and Addictions			780CADI
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
3	Undergraduate	Criminology	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The Crime unit and Additions aims to bring the student's degree of Criminology to: a) To know / Distinguish the main explanatory aspects of the drug-crime phenomenon; b) Know / distinguish the main drug-violence explanations; c) Understanding the interactions involved, and their respective consequences in the drug-crime profile; d) Identify the main operating characteristics of the drug-crime specialist.
Syllabus:
I - Historical context and epistemological - the first hypothesis and the first studies on the drug-crime relationship. The addict as a victim and offender. Risk and protection. II - The the drug-crime link deterministic approaches. The explanations based on causal relation. III - Approaches centered on the structures of the individual in the drug-crime link. IV - Approaches centered in the process of installation and development of the drug-crime link. The addict offenders - functional analysis. The profile and the "styles" addict, delinquent and the drug-crime specialist.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The contents privilege: I - Deepening the basics knowledge about the drug and the concomitant criminal behavior, in order to prepare for further identification and understanding of the drug-crime specialist. Specifically, knowing and distinguishing explanations of the phenomenon drug-crime link. II, III, IV - Deepening knowledge about the functioning of the addict as a criminal. Specifically, understanding the interactions involved, and their respective consequences in drug- crime profile, and identify key operating characteristics of the individual "expert” in drug-crime.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Theoretic-practical classes, and research literature in reading and interpretation of texts, providing the theoretical basis relating to the main points of the program, for application to specific cases, through the development of small jobs whose execution will be monitored in the context of living class. Creating open spaces for debate on the work performed. The evaluation shall be continuous and periodic, with the following elements: a written evaluation test, with a weight of 60%; a practical individual work, with a weight of 40%.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Theoretical content; Presentation of examples that takes to the concepts clarification; Debate individual and group cases for different issues; Statements; exercises.
Reading:
Agra, C. (2002). Entre droga e crime (2ª ed.). Lisboa: Editorial Notícias. Bennett, T. & Holloway, K. (2005a). Disaggregating the relationship between drug misuse and crime. Australian and New Zeland Journal of Criminology, 38 (1), 102-121. doi: 10.1375/acri.38.1.102 Bennett, T. & Holloway, K. (2009). The causal connection between drug misuse and crime. British Journal of Criminology, 49 (4), 513-531. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azp014 Brochu, S. (2003). Drogue et violence: deux mots surcharges d’emotion. Toxicodependências, 9 (2), 61-70. Maia, R., Nunes, L., Caridade, S.,... Afonso, L. (2016). Dicionário Crime, justiça e sociedade. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo. Nunes, L. (2011). Droga-Crime: (Des)Construções. Porto: Edições UFP. Nunes, L. & Trindade, J. (2016). Crime e drogas. Relações psicológicas, comportamentais e jurídicas. Porto Alegre: A Livraria do Advogado. Sani, A. & Caridade, S. (2016). Práticas de intervenção na violência e no crime. Lisboa: Pactor.