It is necessary for the student to have a minimum of previous knowledge in accessing the Moodle virtual platform, as well as in the use of databases, essentially of jurisprudence, as well as legal content search engines.
This subject is part of the subject "Social control" which aims to provide students with an exhaustive knowledge of the criminal justice system and the functioning of the different institutions of social control, an area in which they will very possibly develop their professional performance. In this subject, the objective is for students to know the different models of social control, as well as the functions and how they carry out their work, both the police, especially those belonging to the State, and the courts, the role of the criminologist in these institutions will also be identified
Course competences | |
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Code | Description |
CB01 | Prove that they have acquired and understood knowledge in a subject area that derives from general secondary education and is appropriate to a level based on advanced course books, and includes updated and cutting-edge aspects of their field of knowledge. |
CB02 | Apply their knowledge to their job or vocation in a professional manner and show that they have the competences to construct and justify arguments and solve problems within their subject area. |
CB03 | Be able to gather and process relevant information (usually within their subject area) to give opinions, including reflections on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues. |
CB04 | Transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions for both specialist and non-specialist audiences. |
CE01 | To understand the main theoretical approaches developed by criminology and other social sciences on crime, victimisation and the social reaction to such behaviour. |
CE04 | To know the functioning and development of social control institutions and their role in the prevention and prosecution of crime. |
CE16 | To understand the basic concepts of public law, the structure of the state and its institutions and of civil society, as well as the structure of the administration of justice in the criminal field. |
CG02 | To have the ability to express integrated views and evaluate the social and environmental impact of actions in the field of criminology. |
CG03 | To be able to work as a team member in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams and to contribute towards a common project. |
CG04 | To have a critical awareness of social reality and social problems, respecting the principles of freedom, justice, equality, human rights, diversity, peace and universal accessibility. |
CT02 | Knowledge of Information and Communication Technologies. |
CT03 | Correct oral and written communication. |
CT04 | Ethical commitment and professional ethics. |
Course learning outcomes | |
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Description | |
To identify the role of the criminologist in each of the institutions of formal control and to differentiate them from those of other professionals. | |
To identify the different alternative criminal conflict resolution programmes and their peculiarities according to the phase of the procedure in which they are developed. | |
To be able to critically assess arguments based on scientific criteria in the forensic criminological field. | |
To know the institutional and legal reality in which these programmes and practices are developed. | |
To know what the police do, who is or are in charge of promoting their action in each case and how this institution is organised for greater preventative and repressive efficiency. | |
To know how criminal courts operate, how effective they are in preventing crime and how criminal law is applied in practice. | |
Additional outcomes | |
Not established. |
Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | 2.68 | 67 | Y | N | La asignatura comienza con una clase magistral donde se hará una introducción teórica sobre el contenido de la asignatura y se explicarán los objetivos de la misma y el modo de evaluación. | ||
Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Combination of methods | 1.88 | 47 | Y | N | The concepts acquired in the theoretical classes will be analyzed as well as the analysis of the methods of each one of the institutions of social control, without forgetting the jurisprudence and other complementary materials on them, as a basis for the critical reflection that the student must carry out. The practices will consist of the resolution of practical cases and comments and analysis of text or news related to social control and social control institutions. It can also be compared to the visit to the Courts to check the functioning of the Courts of Justice. | ||
Individual tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] | Guided or supervised work | 0.08 | 2 | Y | N | Las tutorías serán presenciales, si bien, podrán proporcionarse, si así se considera necesario, de manera virtual a través de las herramientas de comunicación que prevé Moodle y si el alumno lo desea puede ser mediante videollamada a través del programa Microsoft Teams. Durante la tutoría la profesora atenderá, facilitará y orientará al estudiante en su proceso formativo. | ||
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Combination of methods | 1.2 | 30 | Y | N | La profesora proporcionará una lista con líneas de investigación consolidadas en el ámbito de estudio de las instituciones de control social formal. Los estudiantes, por grupos o de forma individual, según se considere, elegirán una de ellas y tendrán que desarrollar una revisión de la misma (indicando los objetivos que han perseguido los estudios localizados, las metodologías empleadas y los resultados y conclusiones alcanzados), examinando la bibliografía científica actual. | ||
Progress test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | 0.08 | 2 | Y | N | Resolución de casos y cuestionarios para comprender y valorar la adquisición de conocimientos en cada una de las etapas y temas en que se divide la asignatura. La suma pondera de la teoría y la práctica deberá alcanzar la puntuación de 5 sobre 10. Supondrá el 30% de la nota final | ||
Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | 0.08 | 2 | Y | N | Los alumnos deben realizar una examen final que debe ser superado para aprobar la asignatura, constituyendo el 60% de la nota en caso de evaluación continua y el 100% en la no continua. Además, se deben realizar las tareas formativas previstas para ser desarrolladas en el aula. La suma ponderada en el examen final entre la teoría y la práctica deberá alcanzar la puntuación de 5 sobre 10. | ||
Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
Total credits of in-class work: 4.8 | Total class time hours: 120 | |||||||
Total credits of out of class work: 1.2 | Total hours of out of class work: 30 |
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
Final test | 60.00% | 100.00% | Completion of a final exam that will evaluate the knowledge acquired during the course. |
Progress Tests | 30.00% | 0.00% | The correct expression will be taken into account written as well as the technical and plot correctness of the resolution of the proposed theory and practice |
Assessment of active participation | 10.00% | 0.00% | In this section, the degree of participation of the student in the classes and the qualification in other activities programmed for the student's training through the realization of practices or theoretical works, presentations orals, self-assessment activities and other activities internal or external, individual or group that could established by teachers for the assessment of this pulled apart. |
Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
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Hours | hours |
Unit 1 (de 3): The study of social control from Criminology | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 23 |
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 15 |
Individual tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 1 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 10 |
Progress test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 1 |
Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 1 |
Group 10: | |
Initial date: 05-09-2022 | End date: 07-10-2022 |
Unit 2 (de 3): Police | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 22 |
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 15 |
Individual tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | .5 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 10 |
Progress test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .5 |
Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .5 |
Group 10: | |
Initial date: 10-10-2022 | End date: 11-11-2022 |
Unit 3 (de 3): Courts | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 23 |
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 15.5 |
Individual tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 1 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 10 |
Progress test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .5 |
Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .5 |
Group 10: | |
Initial date: 14-11-2022 | End date: 16-12-2022 |
Global activity | |
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Activities | hours |