Curricular Unit:			Code:
Mediation and Restorative Justice			1149MJR
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Master	Psychology of Justice: Victims of Violence and Crime	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
1. To know and understand conflict, its management in the context of justice, negotiation and mediation; 2. To show theoretical knowledge about the study of conflict and its management, namely negotiation and mediation between offender and victim; 3. To identify and problematize the different techniques of constructive conflict management, in different settings of psychological practice in justice; 4. Be able of apply the theoretical knowledge in practical cases; 5. To show a critical and self-critical attitude; 6. To reveal ability of oral and written communication.
Syllabus:
The importance of the psychosocial analysis of conflict for a "justice of proximity". The constructive conflict management and the ADR movement. Negotiation in offender-victim relation. Cognitive processes in negotiation and mediation between offender and victim. Mediation. Structure, stages and characteristics of a mediation law process and in the relation offender-victim.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
In Unit I there is descriptive and organized exposition in theoretical and practical classes and its contents sare also explored in tutorial orientations that allow students to organize readings and specific knowledges in the different settings of justice intervention. In Unit II, more practical, in a first phase there is a theoretical exposition about constructive conflict management perspective, as well as training practical abilities involved in that process. In Unit III it is presented the main concepts about negotiation and there also is the training of negotiation abilities in practical cases. In Unit IV it is exposed the main concepts about cognitive biases in negotiation and mediation processes in the relation offender-victim. In Unit V there is exposition about mediation as an alternative form of conflict resolution, as well as training of the practical abilities involved in the process offender-victim.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
During the contact hours (distributed in theoretical-practical classes, tutorial orientation and others) the methodologies of expository, demonstrative, participative and active teaching are privileged. Non-contact hours are dedicated to student self-employment. The UC assessment scheme may be continuous or final exam (end-of-semester, feature and special seasons). In the continuous assessment, guaranteed the minimum attendance percentage defined in the Regulatory Standards, the following elements are considered: active participation in contact hours (20%) and an individual theoretical-practical work (80%). Students who do not pass the continuous assessment may take the final written exam (100%). To credit the ECTS, the student must demonstrate the acquisition of the defined objectives and competencies, obtaining a final grade of 9.5 or higher.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The proposed methodologies are coherent with the formulated objectives for the discipline since they bet in the development of oriented study, in a way that students can apply knowledge and can show ability of comprehension about conflict, constructive conflict management, negotiation and mediation and its application in "justice of proximity". On the other hand, we also seek that students know how to select different techniques of constructive conflict management in different settings, showing to be able of apply the theoretical knowledge in practical cases. We try to establish a certain parallelism between theory and practice applied to real problems, aiming to develop the ability of the student to a critical and self-critical attitude.
Reading:
Bush, R., & Folger, J. (2005). The Promise of Mediation – The Transformative Approach to Conflict. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. B-On Cunha, P., & Leitão, S. (2021). Manual de Gestão Construtiva de Conflitos (4ª edição). Porto: Edições UFP. Daly, K. (2006). Limits of restorative justice. In D. Sullivan e L. Tifft (org.). Handbook of Rerstorative justice: A global perspective. Johnstone, G. & Van Ness, D. W. (2011). Handbook of restorative justice. New York: Routledge. B-On Melo, H. P., & Beleza, T. P. (2012). A mediação penal em Portugal. Coimbra: Almedina. Suares, M. (2016). Mediación. Conducción de disputas, comunicación y técnicas. Buenos Aires: Paidós. BFP 316.48/SUA/97344 Vasconcelos, C. E. (2018). Mediação de conflitos e práticas restaurativas (6ª Edição). São Paulo: Método. BFP 316.48/VAS/97342