Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Análisis de la Conducta Delictiva
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish
Teaching staff
Introduction
This elective course responds to a clear need to deepen the interdisciplinary and practical training of those professionals who must interact with violent offenders, whether in the framework of the criminal process, in the serving of the sentence and even beyond the extinction of the sentence.
Greater expertise, professionalization and, in short, integration of knowledge applied and related to legal psychology is required in this area. Both the professionals in charge of preparing the corresponding expert reports and the legal, institutional and assistance operators need - each at their own level - knowledge and updating of aspects related to forensic psychopathology, 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 their genesis, persistence or recidivism in serious and/or serial crimes, on the other. In addition, the increased complexity of criminal and penitentiary cases implies the need to acquire even more specialized knowledge, particularly in the area of serious serial crimes.
Objectives
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To promote expert knowledge of psychopathology (mental illness, personality disorders, paraphilias) according to the current DSM V classification.
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To know and apply instruments related to risk, its evaluation and prediction in the expert's work.
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To relate psychopathology and serial crimes, especially in relation to their application in the expert field (imputability, capacity).
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To update knowledge transversally in areas such as neurosciences, psychopathology or risk management.
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Acquire skills in the preparation of expert reports, as well as communication and presentation of practical cases.
The main objectives of this specialization course consist of acquiring and perfecting basic and specialized knowledge in the following areas:
3.1 Concept and main criminal profiles in serious crimes (homicide, murder, robbery with violence, sexual assault, swindling, trafficking, etc.).
3.2 Main syndromes and personality disorders related to serial criminality.
3.3 Concept, evaluation and prediction of aggressiveness and violence. Differential diagnosis
3.4 Relationship between psychopathology and serious serial delictology.
Learning outcomes of the subject
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The graduate will be able to develop and/or apply ideas in a professional context by providing knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality.
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The graduate will be able to apply acquired knowledge to problem solving in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to his/her area of study.
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The graduate will be able to integrate knowledge related to the formulation of judgments based on (possibly incomplete or limited) information including reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and judgments
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The graduate will be able to report his or her conclusions, knowledge and ultimate reasons for them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
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The graduate will be able to use the learning skills acquired to continue studying in a largely self-directed or autonomous manner.
Syllabus
Topic 1: Interviewing the aggressor
Topic 2: Aggressiveness and violence. Serious mental illness and personality disorder: criminological aspects and Delictology.
Topic 3: Juvenile delinquency: intervention strategies.
Topic 4: The motivational interview
Topic 5: Profile of the Jihadist aggressor.
Topic 6: Juvenile delinquency: neurosciences, comorbidity and criminological aspects.
Topic 7: Intimate partner violence: child precursors, psychopathy and animal abuse
Topic 8: Intimate partner violence, child-parent violence and violence against the elderly
Topic 9: Cybercrime (2): cyberbullying, grooming and sexting
Topic 10: Paraphilias and Delictology. Psychophilia: clinical and psychometric diagnosis. Sexual homicide
Topic 11: Predicting the risk of violence: in young people (SAVRY) and at risk of sexual recidivism (RSVP).
Topic 12: Serious criminal recidivism (homicide, sexual assault). Predicting risk of generic violence: HCR-20(V3).
Topic 13: Serial crime: Serial killer, mass murder, spree killer.
Topic 14: New addictions: diagnosis, comorbidity, Delictology
Topic 15: Criminal profiling & offender
Topic 16: Intervention and specific penitentiary programs in adults. Introduction. Basic concepts. Specific interview
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Classes will have a predominantly practical content. In the first part of the class (1 hour), the professor will present by means of a master class those theoretical aspects related to the cases that will be dealt with in the second part of the class. Subsequently, in the following 1 hour, the teacher will present the interviews and collateral data necessary to analyze the two practical cases (already anticipated to the students for their reading and study, prior to each session) elaborating from the interview/s worked and the accessory data an expert report, whose conclusions will be subsequently discussed and agreed after a debate.
The attendance to the classes not only scores in the final grade but also implies knowledge and masterly aspects of the teachers, beyond the teaching material shared by them in these classes.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
The evaluation of this course will be based on attendance, which will be accredited at the beginning and end of the classes, and by means of a final practical exam.
Those students who accredit a minimum of 60% of class attendance will be able to be evaluated for the course. If this percentage is not reached, it will not be possible to be validated for work at the end of the course. Attendance will be verified by signing in first at the beginning of the class and again at the end of the class, so that attendance will be considered valid for each class with both signatures present. In those cases, which must be punctual, of delay in class attendance or absence before the end of the class, the teacher or the academic coordinator of the Master must be notified and justified by mail, before the beginning of the class.
As for the grade for the course, 10% of the grade will be based (a) on (accredited) class attendance, 20% on practical work also done during class, and 70% of the final grade will correspond to the final exam.
The practical assignments 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. Between 3-6 small practical cases will be made, penalizing in case of not making all those that are raised in class (3-6).
The final exam will consist of a multiple-choice test with 25 questions and one correct answer out of four possible answers, subtracting one correct answer for every four wrong answers, and will be answered in writing unless due to health circumstances it must be done on-line. The final exam must be passed with a minimum of 5/10 to add the percentage of attendance (10%) and practical work (20%).