Psicopatología del Agresor
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
Head instructor
Dr. Angel CUQUERELLA - acuquerella@uic.es
Office hours
Prof. Àngel Cuquerella: acuquerella@uic.es
The present optional subject responds to an evident need to deepen in the interdisciplinary and practical training of those professionals who must interact with violent delinquents, either within the framework of the criminal process, in compliance with the sentence and even beyond the extinction of the same.
It requires a greater expertise, professionalization and, ultimately, integration of applied knowledge and related to Legal Psychology in this area. Both the professionals in charge of preparing the corresponding forensic reports and the legal, institutional and assistance operators need -each at their level- the knowledge and updating of aspects related to forensic psychopathology, the knowledge and psychological profiling of the aggressor, as well as the analysis of the relationship between mental illness and/or personality disorders, on the one hand, and its genesis, persistence or recidivism in serious and/or serial crimes, on the other. Along with this, the greater complexity in criminal and penitentiary cases implies the necessary acquisition of even more specialized knowledge, particularly in the area of serious serial crimes.
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The priority objectives of this specialization course consist in acquiring and perfecting the basic and specialized knowledge in:
1. Concept and main criminal profiles in serious crimes (homicide, murder, robbery with violence, sexual assault, fraud, trafficking, etc.).
2. Main syndromes and personality disorders related to serial crime.
3. The concept, evaluation, and prediction of aggression and violence. Differential diagnosis
4. The relationship between psychopathology and serious serial delictology.
Topic 1 Introduction. Basic concepts. Specific Interview
Topic 2 Aggression and serious mental illness
Topic 3 Personality disorder and deltogenesis
Topic 4 Predicting the risk of violence. HCR-20
Topic 5 Predicting the risk of violence in young people. SAVRY
Topic 6 Violence of couple, filio-parental and the elderly
Topic 7 Addictions: diagnosis, comorbidity, delictology
Topic 8 Paraphilia and delictology. Sexual homicide Sadism
Topic 9 Paedophilia. Clinical and psychometric diagnosis
Topic 10 Stalking. Profile and clinical diagnosis
Topic 11 Cyberdelinquence: cyberacoso, grooming, and sexting
Topic 12 Prediction of the risk of sexual assault: SVR-20
Item 13 Serious criminal recidivism (homicide, sexual assault)
Topic 14 Serial killer
Topic 15 Mass murder, spree killer
Topic 16 Intervention - Specific prison programs
Chapter 1 Introducción. Conceptos básicos. Entrevista Específica
Chapter 2 Agresión y enfermedad mental grave
Chapter 3 Trastorno de personalidad y delictogénesis
Chapter 4 Predicción del riesgo de violencia. HCR-20
Chapter 5 Predicción del riesgo de violencia en jóvenes. SAVRY
Chapter 6 Violencia de pareja, filio-parental y del anciano/a
Chapter 7 Adicciones: diagnóstico, comorbidad, delictología
Chapter 8 Parafilia y delictología. Homicidio sexual. Sadismo
Chapter 9 Paidofilia. Diagnóstico clínico y psicométrico
Chapter 10 Stalking. Perfil y diagnóstico clínico
Chapter 11 Cyberdelincuencia: cyberacoso, grooming y sexting
Chapter 12 Predicción del riesgo de agresión sexual: SVR-20
Chapter 13 Reincidencia delictiva grave (homicidio, agresión sexual)
Chapter 14 Serial killer
Chapter 15 Mass murder, spree killer
Chapter 16 Intervención - Programas penitenciarios específicos
The classes will have a predominantly practical content. The professor will expose by the master class in the first part of the class (1.5 hours) those theoretical aspects related to the cases that will be treated in the second part of the class.
Afterwards, in the following 1.5 hours, the interviewer will present the necessary collateral data and interviews to analyze the two practical cases (already anticipated to the students for their reading and study, previous to each session) elaborating from the interview / s worked and the accessory data an expert report, whose conclusions will be subsequently debated and agreed upon after a debate.
The evaluation of this subject will be done according to the attendance, which will be accredited at the beginning and end of the classes, and through a final practical exam.
Students who demonstrate a minimum of 60% attendance to class can be evaluated for the subject. In case of not reaching this percentage, they can not be validated for work at the end of the subject. Attendance will be checked with the signature first, at the beginning of the class, and again, at the end of it, so it will be valid as attendance to each class with the two signatures present. In those cases, which must be punctual, delayed in class attendance or absence before their release, should be warned and justified by mail, before the start of the class, the teacher or the academic coordinator of the Master.
Regarding the subject score, 20% of the grade will be based on (accredited) attendance to class, 20% on practical work also done during the classes, and 60% of the final grade will correspond to the final exam.
The practical work will be specific questions on practical cases, which will be answered in writing in the same class, and which will be averaged to obtain a final grade. They cannot be validated for other work between classes or for any other recovery. There will be between 3-6 small practical cases, penalizing in case of not doing all those that are raised in class (3-6).
In the final exam a series of 5 brief questions will be presented, which will be answered in writing, some in relation to a practical case that will be explained before, and some of the theory is given in class. The final exam must be approved with a minimum 5/10 to add the percentage of attendance (20%) and practical work (20%).
The professors of the subject will prepare their specific material that will be provided to the students.