Description
The course of study is designed in order to provide graduates with an overall understanding of crime - in all its dimensions - and to develop a critical and reflective attitude towards this. Thus, these graduates will be an effective asset in the work that they will come to develop in the police force, in prisons, in official bodies involved in monitoring the different levels of the phenomenon of crime in its multiple facets.
Key learning outcomes
With the degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice, the main objective is to achieve the following objectives:
1. First of all, it seeks to provide the Licensee with a solid perspective of the criminal phenomenon, broadly understood, in terms of understanding the factors inherent to it.
2. Understanding the legal phenomenology linked to crime is naturally an essential objective, thus seeking to understand the background and specific reasons linked to this domain.
3. Equally fundamental is the penetration of criminal reality by the area of ??psychology (widely considered), where aspects such as the domains of evidence, neuropsychological bases of crime, processes of social reintegration, among others, prove to be of extreme importance, both on a theoretical level , both in the practical and professional scope.
4. The sociological perspective is also very important, not only in theoretical terms but also in practical terms, as a largely conditioning aspect of criminal phenomenology and for which the student must be properly trained.
5. Victimology is also fundamental in the course in question, with a view to understanding this phenomenon in all its dynamics.
6. The methodological aspects (quantitative and qualitative) are naturally key objectives for the students' understanding of the course as well.
7. On the other hand, it is intended to provide graduates with broad intervention skills, namely at the professional level, through the development of their skills in the sense of preventing risks inherent to criminal phenomenology, supporting social reintegration, helping the victim, development of security strategies, etc.
8. The development of students' communicative skills is presented as a fundamental factor, along with investment in their continuous training.
Access to higher education
This course firstly provides students with the technical-scientific ability to access 2nd-cycle (Masters) courses, as well as 3rd-cycle Courses (Doctorate) at a more advances stage.
Careers
Graduates of this course are qualified to perform preventive and reactive duties within the scope of police action (GNR, PSP, PJ, SEF, ASAE, etc.); within the framework of the functioning of public bodies in terms of diagnosis and prevention of crime; within ministerial offices, in particular in the prevention and study of crime in the broad sense; in the field of private organizations, especially in the definition of security and crime prevention strategies; in the context of social reintegration, promoting the social integration of prisoners and assisting in the management of prisons; in the area of victim support, contributing to their protection, both in a reactive and purely preventive field.
