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Bachelor's degree in Criminology

Law18 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Introducció al dret constitucionalIntroducción al derecho constitucionalIntroduction to constitutional law  (3104G00068)

Constitutional organization of the State and the system of sources.

 Bbasic 6.00 E 1first semester

Introducció al dret processalIntroducción al derecho procesalIntroduction to procedural law  (3104G00077)

Introduction to the basic concepts of the discipline.Jurisdiction, action and process.Study of the constitutional principles that affect the three fundamental concepts.Study of the judicial institutions and their competences and functions.Study of the principles of process and procedure.Study of procedural events.

 Bbasic 6.00 E 2second semester

Teoria del dretTeoría del derechoLegal theory  (3104G00079)

The law as a social phenomenon: types of regulatory systems.The social functions of the law: social control, security and justice.Juridical rule: types of rules.The juridical system.The dynamics of juridical systems.The fundamental juridical concepts.Juridical interpretation: linguistic problems and theories of juridical interpretation.The application of the law.Concepts of the law.

 Bbasic 6.00 E 1first semester

Theoretical foundations of criminology 6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Introducció a la criminologiaIntroducción a la criminologíaIntroduction to criminology  (3104G03006)

What is criminology?Criminology methods.Criminological theories: classical school, biological positivist school, sociological schools, labelling and critical criminology theory, new theories.Analysis of criminality: Study of specific criminal behaviour of common criminality and white-collar criminality.Crime prevention in the community and security policies.How the penal system works: the police, judicial and prison systems and non-custodial sentences.Restorative justice.Criminal policy: principles that should guide this and case studies.

 Bbasic 6.00 A 1first semester

Research methodology6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Metodologia de la investigació socialMetodología de la investigación socialMethodology of the social research  (3104G00082)

Scientific knowledge and common sense. Epistemology and scientific method.Quantitative/qualitative dichotomy.Methodological integration.Research process.Problem, hypothesis, variables and methodological strategy.Quantitative and qualitative techniques of social research.Production of data and research from statistical sources.Concepts and basic measures of descriptive and inferential statistics.Test of hypothesis.Introduction to the analysis of statistical data through the SPSS/WIN computer program.Preparation and analysis of statistical tables and graphs.Corroboration of hypotheses.Interpretation of results.

 Bbasic 6.00 B 2second semester

Crime and society 18 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Economia política Economía políticaPolitical economy  (3104G00075)

Political Economy: concept and method; Analysis of markets: the model of perfect competence and the failures of the market; Models and macro-economic attachés; Analysis of the economic cycle and the economic policy; The main results: unemployment, inflation, growth, and development; The current economic reality.

 Bbasic 6.00 E 2second semester

Introducció a la sociologiaIntroducción a la sociologíaIntroduction to sociology  (3104G00080)

THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY: PROCESSES OF SOCIALISATION AND INSTITUTIONALISATION; STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGES; CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROCESSES

 Bbasic 6.00 B 1first semester

Antropologia jurídicaAntropología jurídicaJuridical Anthropology   (3104G03022)

Basic knowledge of anthropology in the research, knowledge and explanation of legal phenomena.Study of different anthropological models of society, which appear as a legal response to its basic problems: subsistence, inequality, power, family, religion, etc.

 Bbasic 6.00 A 2second semester

Political science and policies of intervention6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Introducció a la ciència políticaIntroducción a la ciencia políticaIntroduction to political science  (3104G00074)

The policy and its fundamental elements.Structures and actors of the policy.

 Bbasic 6.00 E 1first semester

Espai de llibertat, seguretat i justícia a la Unió EuropeaEspacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia en la Unión EuropeaArea of freedom, security and justice in the European Union  (3104G03026)

Origin, evolution and structure of the European Union.The Treaty of Amsterdam and the new objective of the space of freedom, security and justice.The contributions of the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon.Competences of the EU and the application of European Union Law.The protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.The Schengen agreements: Frontex.Police cooperation: Europol.Judicial cooperation: Eurojust.The fight against terrorism and organised crime.Mutual recognition of evidence among member states.Cooperation between member states to obtain evidence and seize goods.European exhortation to obtain evidence.Applying deprivation of liberty and sanction resolutions in the AXIS.Extradition and handover of people within member states.The European arrest warrant.Resolving conflicts of jurisdiction between member states.The “non bis in idem” principle: that judged as criminal in the AXIS.The Statute of the Victim in the AXIS.Guarantees of the accused in the AXIS.

 OBCompulsory 3.00 A 1first semester

Psychology and criminality 6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Introducció a la psicologia Introducción a la psicologíaIntroduction to psychology   (3104G03030)

1.Historical development.Dimensions, psychological schools and areas of intervention.2.Biological bases of human behaviour: Phylogenesis and ontogenesis, Inheritance-environment and development.3.Basic psychological processes: Attention, Perception, Memory, Learning and Emotion.4.Personality.5.Social thought.Attitudes.Interpersonal relations.6.Social identity.Maintenance, reproduction and social change.7.Introduction to group psychology.

 Bbasic 6.00 A 2second semester

Law12 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Dret processal penalDerecho procesal penalCriminal procedure  (3104G03004)

The penal process.Resemblances and differences between the penal process and the civil process.Main institutions of the penal process: object and parts in the penal process.The dynamics of the penal process: instruction, intermediate phase, oral judgement, sentence, appeals and execution.Ordinary penal processes.Special penal processes.The criminal process as a guarantee of accountability.Specific guarantees in the criminal process for criminologists.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 1first semester

Bases de la responsabilitat penal (teoria general del delicte)Bases de la responsabilidad penal (teoría general del delito)Principles of criminal law liability (general part of criminal law)  (3104G03005)

The bases of criminal responsibility: the General Theory of Crime.The elements of the penal responsibility: genuineness (objective and subjective aspect of the penal responsabitat), antijuricitat (causes of justification of the behaviour) and guilt (causes of exclusion from the guilt).

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester

Theoretical foundations of criminology 9 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Teories criminològiquesTeorías criminológicasTheoretical criminology  (3104G03007)

Brief history of criminological knowledge.The Classical School of Criminal Law.Individualist theories: positivist theories.Social theories: The Chicago school, anomie theory, labelling theory, control theory, evolutionary theory, critical criminology, current and future approaches to criminology

 OBCompulsory 9.00 A 1first semester

Conflict prevention and management 6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Mediació i resolució de conflictes socialsMediación y resolución de conflictos socialesMediation and resolution of social conflicts   (3104G03008)

Social conflict.Problems and difficulties.Tools for intervening in social conflict.Handling escalating situations.Stabilising social conflicts.Processes to generate de-escalation.Mediator intervention in the process.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester

Crime and society 6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Dret i societat Derecho y sociedadLaw and society  (3104G03020)

General features of the different families of judicial systems.How judicial culture works in ordinary and extraordinary law practices.Social powers and forms of control.Emergent and directed social changes.Conflicts between the marginality and centrality of judicial ideas.Judicial complexity and knowledge.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester

Political science and policies of intervention6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Política criminal i control socialPolítica criminal y control socialCriminal policy and social control  (3104G03025)

Origin of the political-criminal debate.Its relation with Criminal Law and Criminology.Criminal policy models in the western world in the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.The introduction of illustration.Humanistic models.Democratic models.Crisis of traditional models.Expansion of penal control and the risk society.Penal model of Security and Criminal Law of the enemy.Future perspectives for a model social welfare crime policy.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 1first semester

Espai de llibertat, seguretat i justícia a la Unió EuropeaEspacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia en la Unión EuropeaArea of freedom, security and justice in the European Union  (3104G03026)

Origin, evolution and structure of the European Union.The Treaty of Amsterdam and the new objective of the space of freedom, security and justice.The contributions of the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon.Competences of the EU and the application of European Union Law.The protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.The Schengen agreements: Frontex.Police cooperation: Europol.Judicial cooperation: Eurojust.The fight against terrorism and organised crime.Mutual recognition of evidence among member states.Cooperation between member states to obtain evidence and seize goods.European exhortation to obtain evidence.Applying deprivation of liberty and sanction resolutions in the AXIS.Extradition and handover of people within member states.The European arrest warrant.Resolving conflicts of jurisdiction between member states.The “non bis in idem” principle: that judged as criminal in the AXIS.The Statute of the Victim in the AXIS.Guarantees of the accused in the AXIS.

 OBCompulsory 3.00 A 1first semester

Penology (consequences of crime)12 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Presons i dret penitenciariPrisiones y derecho penitenciarioPrisons   (3104G03027)

Prison as an institution of social control: the role of prison in contemporary society.Prison Law: rights and duties of inmates.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester

PenologiaPenologíaPenology  (3104G03028)

General characteristics of the Spanish penal system.Penal theories and punitive models in action.Custodial sentences; in particular prison and the Spanish prison system.Alternative sentences to prison: bases and problems, in particular, fines, community service, probation, substitution and suspended sentences.The present and future of the Spanish penal system.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester

Psychology and criminality 6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Psicologia criminal Psicología criminalCriminal psychology   (3104G03031)

1.The relationship between psychology and law 2.Psychosocial intervention in the field of criminology 3.Institutions and organisations in criminal intervention: the structures and processes involved 4.Individual (criminal, police, judge) and collective (courts and jury) decision-making in judicial-penal contexts.5. Individual differences and violence.Psychological disorders.Psychopathy 6.Victimisation 7. Witness psychology.Psychological evaluation.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 1first semester

Conflict prevention and management 6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Justícia de proximitatJusticia de proximidadProximity justice  (3104G03009)

Configuration of community justice.Models of community justice in Europe.Community justice outside the jurisdiction and alternative means of conflict resolution.Community justice in the jurisdiction itself. Justices of the peace and other community judicial officersCommunity justice in legal regulation: Organic Law of the Judicial Power and Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Specific issues in criminality 21 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Dret penal. Part especialDerecho penal. Parte especial.Criminal law (offences)  (3104G00076)

Study of the basic criminal figures: 1.Crimes against personal legal assets (crimes against life, physical integrity, freedom, sexual freedom).2.Crimes against property.3.Crimes against collective legal assets (public health, traffic safety, the environment).

 OBCompulsory 6.00 C 1first semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

Criminologia aplicadaCriminologia aplicadaApplied criminology  (3104G03016)

Criminological analysis of the different forms of criminality: common criminality, patrimonial criminality, violent delinquency.Other forms of criminality: white-collar criminality, organised criminality, terrorism.New forms of criminality: gender-based violence, computer criminality.

 OBCompulsory 9.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester

Criminalitat econòmicaCriminalidad económicaWhite-collar and corporate crime  (3104G03017)

The legal person as a subject of criminal responsibility.Legal person (typology of companies).Free circulation of capital and tax havens.Money laundering.The fight against fraud.“White collar” financial crime (basic crime figures).

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Research methodology6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Tècniques d'investigacióTécnicas de InvestigaciónResearch methods   (3104G03013)

1.Contextualisation of the theoretical framework of an investigation.Process of searching for information.2.Investigative reports.Structure and content of the investigative report.The ethics of criminological investigation.3.Qualitative research methods: the interpretative method.The ethnographic method.The grounded theory.The biographical method.Case studies.Investigation-action.4.Quantitative research methods: experiments and quasi-experiments.Descriptive studies.5.Techniques for integrating the quantitative and qualitative methodology.6.Information collecting techniques: observation records.Questionnaires and interviews.The Delphi method and discussion groups.Producing data collection instruments . 7.Analysing the results of a qualitative investigation with the computer program MAXQDA.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Political science and policies of intervention6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Anàlisi de polítiques públiques Análisis de políticas públicas Analysis of the public policies  (3104G00081)

ABC

 OBCompulsory 6.00 B 1first semester
SO 2second semester

Espai de llibertat, seguretat i justícia a la Unió EuropeaEspacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia en la Unión EuropeaArea of freedom, security and justice in the European Union  (3104G03026)

Origin, evolution and structure of the European Union.The Treaty of Amsterdam and the new objective of the space of freedom, security and justice.The contributions of the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon.Competences of the EU and the application of European Union Law.The protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.The Schengen agreements: Frontex.Police cooperation: Europol.Judicial cooperation: Eurojust.The fight against terrorism and organised crime.Mutual recognition of evidence among member states.Cooperation between member states to obtain evidence and seize goods.European exhortation to obtain evidence.Applying deprivation of liberty and sanction resolutions in the AXIS.Extradition and handover of people within member states.The European arrest warrant.Resolving conflicts of jurisdiction between member states.The “non bis in idem” principle: that judged as criminal in the AXIS.The Statute of the Victim in the AXIS.Guarantees of the accused in the AXIS.

 OBCompulsory 3.00 A 1first semester

Penology (consequences of crime)6 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

VictimologiaVictimologíaVictimology  (3104G03029)

The Victimology course aims to introduce students to studying the victim, the different types of victims and the processes of victimisation, amongst other aspects. It goes into the analysis of victimisation of the most vulnerable sectors and addresses the main methodological strategies for understanding the victimological reality of those sectors. Knowledge of victimisation and the factors associated with it are fundamental aspects of preventing it, as well as assisting and protecting its victims.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester

Optional modules 15 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Dret europeu de la responsabilitat civilDerecho europeo de la responsabilidad civilEuropean tort law  (3104G00001)

The regulatory principles of public liability in European law.Systems of general clause and systems based on listing protected interests.The Europeanisation of public liability law and the European principles of public liability.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Dret del medi ambientDerecho del medio ambienteEnvironmental law   (3104G00004)

1.The formation and evolution of the right to the environment.2.Formulas of administrative intervention in the environment.3.Sectors regulated by the right to the environment: the protection of nature and its resources.4.Sectors regulated by the right to the environment: the fight against pollution.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Introducció al dret comparatIntroducción al derecho comparadoIntroduction to comparative law  (3104G00007)

Concept, objectives, functions and methodology of comparative Law.Legal ordinances and legal families.The continental legal culture and the Anglo-American legal culture.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

La lliure circulació de persones i l'accés a la Unió EuropeaLa libre circulación de personas y el acceso a la Unión EuropeaFree movement of persons and access to European Union  (3104G00010)

The domestic market and the free circulation of wage-earning workers and on own account.Citizenship and the free circulation of persons.The legal statute established in Directive 2004/38 and its application in Spain.The exceptions to free circulation of persons and the jurisprudence of the CJEU.The different legal statutes of nationals of countries outside the European Union.The Schengen agreements: Frontex.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Argumentació jurídicaArgumentación jurídicaLegal argumentation  (3104G00012)

Language and argumentation.Argumentation and logic.Fallacies.Legal interpretation and argumentation.Difficult cases.Legal arguments.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

El dret penal a la pràcticaEl derecho penal en la prácticaCriminal law in action  (3104G00013)

Criminal law in action.The agents implicated in the prevention of and dealing with delinquency: the role of the police, the role of public prosecutors, the role of criminal judges.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

La prova i la seva valoració. Perspectives filosòfiques.La prueba y su valoración. Perspectivas filosóficas.The philosophy of the evaluation of proof.  (3104G00014)

Type of facts.The general notion of proof.Legal proof.Evidence as a means, an activity and as a result.The legally relevant fact.The idea of the proven fact.Evidence: belief, conviction, knowledge.The justification of judicial decisions.The motivation of judicial decisions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Polítiques d'immigració i treballPolíticas de inmigración y trabajoLabour migrations policies  (3104G00018)

I. Immigration in the international, European and Spanish area: analysis of the international and Spanish legal framework on the subject of immigration.II.Legal migration and economic migrations; III.Regulating immigration and employment policy in Spain: linking immigration with employment in Spain; IV.Study of the current legal framework of immigration status in relation to employing immigrants.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Prova judicial i garantiesPrueba judicial y garantíasRules of evidence   (3104G00019)

Due process of lawEvidence and new technologiesThe illegality of evidence.Risk and the burden of proof.The dynamics of proof in civil and penal material.Modern trends in probative law. Probative facilitation techniques.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

Manteniment de la pau i seguretat internacionalMantenimiento de la paz y seguridad internacionalPeace maintenance and International security  (3104G00021)

Analysis of articles 1 and 2 of the United Nations Charter.Resolution 2625 of the General Assembly.Chapters six, seven and eight of the United Nations Charter.Articles 33 to 53 of the United Nations Charter.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Relacions exteriors de la Unió EuropeaRelaciones exteriores de la Unión EuropeaExternal relations of European Union  (3104G00022)

International subjectivity of the EU.External competences.International agreements: type.The commercial policy of the Union.Cooperation in development.Neighbourhood policy.Foreign policy and common security.European security and defence policy.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Funció pública i dret penalFunción pública y derecho penalCivil servants and criminal law  (3104G00023)

Study of the basic criminal figures related to the Administration and statutory public servants.1.Crimes against the public administration.2.Crimes committed by statutory public servants.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Delinqüència juvenilDelincuencia juvenilJuvenile delinquency  (3104G00026)

Adolescence: psychosocial characteristics, children and group relationships, adolescence, marginalisation and delinquency; theories of criminology: literature and research review; juvenile delinquency in Spain: data and research analysis; different models of juvenile justice; in particular, the Spanish model (5/2000): the procedure to attribute criminal responsibility to minors, applicable measures: content, objectives and execution; social services and care programmes for children and young people: general principles, general programmes, specific programmes; protocol for assisting minors.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Drogues i dret penalDrogas y derecho penalDrugs and criminal law  (3104G00027)

Models of criminal policy related to the consumption of illegal drugs (prohibitionism vs.damage limitation).The prohibitionist model: background, budgets and results of the model.The damage limitation model: budgets and practical experiences.Criminal law and illicit drugs: crimes related to illegal drugs, drugs and criminal responsibility.Drugs and criminal punishment.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Sinistralitat en el treball i prevenció de riscos laboralsSiniestralidad en el trabajo y prevención de riesgos laboralesIndustrial diseases and workplace security.  (3104G00029)

I. Main indicators of accidents in the workplace and their social and work-related repercussions; II.Social, work and cultural causes in the rate of accidents at work in Spain and Europe; III.Life-threatening behaviours and the physical integrity of workers; IV.Accidents in the workplace prevention mechanisms and work-related illness; IV.The system of repression in attacks on workers’ health and safety.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Sancions administratives Sanciones administrativas Administrative sanctions   (3104G00030)

1.The constitutional framework of administrative sanctions.2.The principles of the sanctioning authority.3.The principles of sanctioning procedure.4.Jurisdictional control of administrative sanctions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester

Tractament constitucional de la diversitatTratamiento constitucional de la diversidadConstitutional treatment of diversity  (3104G00031)

The legal and political dimension of diversity.Citizenship and rights.Management of diversity in comparative law.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Estasiologia. Estudi dels partits polítics.Estasiología. Estudio de los partidos políticos.Stasiology. Study of the political parties   (3104G00032)

Political parties as an object of study.The historical appearance of political parties.Typology of parties: ideologies, organisational structures and functioning.A typology of party systems."Quasi-parties": interest groups and social and political movements.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Ètica i drets humans Ética y derechos humanosEthics and human rights  (3104G00033)

The concept of human rights.The ethical foundation of human rights.Main meta-ethical concepts.The scope of human rights.Human rights and constitutional rights.Rights and democracy.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Investigació del comportament electoral Investigación del comportamiento electoral Research on electoral behaviour   (3104G00040)

The influence of social position on voting.The influence of citizens’ values on voting.The influence of the immediate context on voting.The causes of abstention.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Introducció al dret constitucional comparatIntroducción al derecho constitucional comparadoIntroduccion to comparative constitucional law   (3104G00048)

Comparative law and comparative constitutional law.The criteria of classification and elements of comparison.Models and traditions.Contemporary trends

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Protecció internacional dels drets humans a l'àmbit europeuProtección internacional de los derechos humanos en el ámbito europeoInternational protection of human rights in the european area  (3104G00052)

United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.The Council of Europe.The 1950 Rome Agreement on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and protocols.The European Court of Justice and its jurisprudence.The Human Rights Charter of the European Union.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Teoria i tècnica de la negociacióTeoría y técnica de la negociaciónTheory and technique of negotiation  (3104G00057)

Conflict.Conflict intervention in the face of escalation.Negotiating processes.Design of offers.Tactical movements.Bargaining.Conclusion of the negotiation.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Crims internacionals i tribunals penals internacionalsCrímenes internacionales y tribunales penales internacionalesInternational crimes and international penal courts  (3104G00059)

The concept of international crime.International criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. International criminal tribunal for Rwanda.Statute of the International Criminal Court

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Intervenció social i educativaIntervención social y educativaSocial and educational intervention  (3104G00062)

Basic concepts of social welfare.The birth, development and current situation of the Welfare state at international level, European, Spanish and Catalan levels.Legal framework for the main systems: health care, education, social services, social security, etc.in Spain and Catalonia.Social benefits: centres, services and financial aid from social welfare systems relating to certain collectives: victims of violent crime, gender and domestic violence, correctional social action, family members of criminals, etc.Social- and educational-intervention models and programmes in certain contexts (centres for minors, abused women, etc.)in prevention, rehabilitation and integration.Research in the area of welfare and criminology.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Psiquiatria forense Psiquiatría forense Forensic psychiatry   (3104G03034)

Psychiatry and Criminality.Delinquency and Pathology.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Criminologia i feminismeCriminología y feminismoCriminology and feminism  (3104G03065)

Main feminist theories; epistemological and methodological contributions to criminology; women criminals: criminological theories and empirical data; women prisoners: realities and specific interventions; women professionals in the criminal-justice system: police, judges and public prosecutors, lawyers, prison staff; women as victims of crimes: special attention to gender violence; women in the legal imagination.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Conflict management and prevention 12 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Policia i societatPolicía y sociedadPolice and society  (3104G03010)

The concept of the police: the police and social control.Birth and evolution of modern police in Europe, Spain and Catalonia.Legal framework of the public security system in Spain.The Catalan police model.Criminology and police: police culture; criminal and practical police investigations; the media and the police.Police powers and discretion: dimensions and control.New police strategies.The pluralisation of police tasks in contemporary societies.The internationalisation of the police.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 SO 2second semester

Research methodology5 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

La investigació científica aplicada a la criminologiaLa investigación científica aplicada a la CriminologíaThe scientific research applied to the criminology  (3104G03014)

The research project.Particularities of quantitative and qualitative research design.The function of theory in approaching the problem, the formulation of hypotheses and the identification of variables.Selection of the sample or research groups.Creating instruments for data collection.Methodological strategy, sampling procedures and fieldwork.Data analysis and interpretation of results.The research report.

 OBCompulsory 5.00 SO 2second semester

Political science and policies of intervention3 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Espai de llibertat, seguretat i justícia a la Unió EuropeaEspacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia en la Unión EuropeaArea of freedom, security and justice in the European Union  (3104G03026)

Origin, evolution and structure of the European Union.The Treaty of Amsterdam and the new objective of the space of freedom, security and justice.The contributions of the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon.Competences of the EU and the application of European Union Law.The protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.The Schengen agreements: Frontex.Police cooperation: Europol.Judicial cooperation: Eurojust.The fight against terrorism and organised crime.Mutual recognition of evidence among member states.Cooperation between member states to obtain evidence and seize goods.European exhortation to obtain evidence.Applying deprivation of liberty and sanction resolutions in the AXIS.Extradition and handover of people within member states.The European arrest warrant.Resolving conflicts of jurisdiction between member states.The “non bis in idem” principle: that judged as criminal in the AXIS.The Statute of the Victim in the AXIS.Guarantees of the accused in the AXIS.

 OBCompulsory 3.00 A 1first semester

Optional modules 15 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Dret europeu de la responsabilitat civilDerecho europeo de la responsabilidad civilEuropean tort law  (3104G00001)

The regulatory principles of public liability in European law.Systems of general clause and systems based on listing protected interests.The Europeanisation of public liability law and the European principles of public liability.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Dret del medi ambientDerecho del medio ambienteEnvironmental law   (3104G00004)

1.The formation and evolution of the right to the environment.2.Formulas of administrative intervention in the environment.3.Sectors regulated by the right to the environment: the protection of nature and its resources.4.Sectors regulated by the right to the environment: the fight against pollution.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Introducció al dret comparatIntroducción al derecho comparadoIntroduction to comparative law  (3104G00007)

Concept, objectives, functions and methodology of comparative Law.Legal ordinances and legal families.The continental legal culture and the Anglo-American legal culture.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

La lliure circulació de persones i l'accés a la Unió EuropeaLa libre circulación de personas y el acceso a la Unión EuropeaFree movement of persons and access to European Union  (3104G00010)

The domestic market and the free circulation of wage-earning workers and on own account.Citizenship and the free circulation of persons.The legal statute established in Directive 2004/38 and its application in Spain.The exceptions to free circulation of persons and the jurisprudence of the CJEU.The different legal statutes of nationals of countries outside the European Union.The Schengen agreements: Frontex.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Argumentació jurídicaArgumentación jurídicaLegal argumentation  (3104G00012)

Language and argumentation.Argumentation and logic.Fallacies.Legal interpretation and argumentation.Difficult cases.Legal arguments.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

El dret penal a la pràcticaEl derecho penal en la prácticaCriminal law in action  (3104G00013)

Criminal law in action.The agents implicated in the prevention of and dealing with delinquency: the role of the police, the role of public prosecutors, the role of criminal judges.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

La prova i la seva valoració. Perspectives filosòfiques.La prueba y su valoración. Perspectivas filosóficas.The philosophy of the evaluation of proof.  (3104G00014)

Type of facts.The general notion of proof.Legal proof.Evidence as a means, an activity and as a result.The legally relevant fact.The idea of the proven fact.Evidence: belief, conviction, knowledge.The justification of judicial decisions.The motivation of judicial decisions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Polítiques d'immigració i treballPolíticas de inmigración y trabajoLabour migrations policies  (3104G00018)

I. Immigration in the international, European and Spanish area: analysis of the international and Spanish legal framework on the subject of immigration.II.Legal migration and economic migrations; III.Regulating immigration and employment policy in Spain: linking immigration with employment in Spain; IV.Study of the current legal framework of immigration status in relation to employing immigrants.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Prova judicial i garantiesPrueba judicial y garantíasRules of evidence   (3104G00019)

Due process of lawEvidence and new technologiesThe illegality of evidence.Risk and the burden of proof.The dynamics of proof in civil and penal material.Modern trends in probative law. Probative facilitation techniques.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

Manteniment de la pau i seguretat internacionalMantenimiento de la paz y seguridad internacionalPeace maintenance and International security  (3104G00021)

Analysis of articles 1 and 2 of the United Nations Charter.Resolution 2625 of the General Assembly.Chapters six, seven and eight of the United Nations Charter.Articles 33 to 53 of the United Nations Charter.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Relacions exteriors de la Unió EuropeaRelaciones exteriores de la Unión EuropeaExternal relations of European Union  (3104G00022)

International subjectivity of the EU.External competences.International agreements: type.The commercial policy of the Union.Cooperation in development.Neighbourhood policy.Foreign policy and common security.European security and defence policy.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Funció pública i dret penalFunción pública y derecho penalCivil servants and criminal law  (3104G00023)

Study of the basic criminal figures related to the Administration and statutory public servants.1.Crimes against the public administration.2.Crimes committed by statutory public servants.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Delinqüència juvenilDelincuencia juvenilJuvenile delinquency  (3104G00026)

Adolescence: psychosocial characteristics, children and group relationships, adolescence, marginalisation and delinquency; theories of criminology: literature and research review; juvenile delinquency in Spain: data and research analysis; different models of juvenile justice; in particular, the Spanish model (5/2000): the procedure to attribute criminal responsibility to minors, applicable measures: content, objectives and execution; social services and care programmes for children and young people: general principles, general programmes, specific programmes; protocol for assisting minors.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Drogues i dret penalDrogas y derecho penalDrugs and criminal law  (3104G00027)

Models of criminal policy related to the consumption of illegal drugs (prohibitionism vs.damage limitation).The prohibitionist model: background, budgets and results of the model.The damage limitation model: budgets and practical experiences.Criminal law and illicit drugs: crimes related to illegal drugs, drugs and criminal responsibility.Drugs and criminal punishment.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Sinistralitat en el treball i prevenció de riscos laboralsSiniestralidad en el trabajo y prevención de riesgos laboralesIndustrial diseases and workplace security.  (3104G00029)

I. Main indicators of accidents in the workplace and their social and work-related repercussions; II.Social, work and cultural causes in the rate of accidents at work in Spain and Europe; III.Life-threatening behaviours and the physical integrity of workers; IV.Accidents in the workplace prevention mechanisms and work-related illness; IV.The system of repression in attacks on workers’ health and safety.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Sancions administratives Sanciones administrativas Administrative sanctions   (3104G00030)

1.The constitutional framework of administrative sanctions.2.The principles of the sanctioning authority.3.The principles of sanctioning procedure.4.Jurisdictional control of administrative sanctions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester

Tractament constitucional de la diversitatTratamiento constitucional de la diversidadConstitutional treatment of diversity  (3104G00031)

The legal and political dimension of diversity.Citizenship and rights.Management of diversity in comparative law.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Estasiologia. Estudi dels partits polítics.Estasiología. Estudio de los partidos políticos.Stasiology. Study of the political parties   (3104G00032)

Political parties as an object of study.The historical appearance of political parties.Typology of parties: ideologies, organisational structures and functioning.A typology of party systems."Quasi-parties": interest groups and social and political movements.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Ètica i drets humans Ética y derechos humanosEthics and human rights  (3104G00033)

The concept of human rights.The ethical foundation of human rights.Main meta-ethical concepts.The scope of human rights.Human rights and constitutional rights.Rights and democracy.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Investigació del comportament electoral Investigación del comportamiento electoral Research on electoral behaviour   (3104G00040)

The influence of social position on voting.The influence of citizens’ values on voting.The influence of the immediate context on voting.The causes of abstention.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Introducció al dret constitucional comparatIntroducción al derecho constitucional comparadoIntroduccion to comparative constitucional law   (3104G00048)

Comparative law and comparative constitutional law.The criteria of classification and elements of comparison.Models and traditions.Contemporary trends

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Protecció internacional dels drets humans a l'àmbit europeuProtección internacional de los derechos humanos en el ámbito europeoInternational protection of human rights in the european area  (3104G00052)

United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.The Council of Europe.The 1950 Rome Agreement on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and protocols.The European Court of Justice and its jurisprudence.The Human Rights Charter of the European Union.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Teoria i tècnica de la negociacióTeoría y técnica de la negociaciónTheory and technique of negotiation  (3104G00057)

Conflict.Conflict intervention in the face of escalation.Negotiating processes.Design of offers.Tactical movements.Bargaining.Conclusion of the negotiation.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Crims internacionals i tribunals penals internacionalsCrímenes internacionales y tribunales penales internacionalesInternational crimes and international penal courts  (3104G00059)

The concept of international crime.International criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. International criminal tribunal for Rwanda.Statute of the International Criminal Court

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Intervenció social i educativaIntervención social y educativaSocial and educational intervention  (3104G00062)

Basic concepts of social welfare.The birth, development and current situation of the Welfare state at international level, European, Spanish and Catalan levels.Legal framework for the main systems: health care, education, social services, social security, etc.in Spain and Catalonia.Social benefits: centres, services and financial aid from social welfare systems relating to certain collectives: victims of violent crime, gender and domestic violence, correctional social action, family members of criminals, etc.Social- and educational-intervention models and programmes in certain contexts (centres for minors, abused women, etc.)in prevention, rehabilitation and integration.Research in the area of welfare and criminology.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Psiquiatria forense Psiquiatría forense Forensic psychiatry   (3104G03034)

Psychiatry and Criminality.Delinquency and Pathology.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Criminologia i feminismeCriminología y feminismoCriminology and feminism  (3104G03065)

Main feminist theories; epistemological and methodological contributions to criminology; women criminals: criminological theories and empirical data; women prisoners: realities and specific interventions; women professionals in the criminal-justice system: police, judges and public prosecutors, lawyers, prison staff; women as victims of crimes: special attention to gender violence; women in the legal imagination.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Optional modules + academic recognition36.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Dret europeu de la responsabilitat civilDerecho europeo de la responsabilidad civilEuropean tort law  (3104G00001)

The regulatory principles of public liability in European law.Systems of general clause and systems based on listing protected interests.The Europeanisation of public liability law and the European principles of public liability.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Dret del medi ambientDerecho del medio ambienteEnvironmental law   (3104G00004)

1.The formation and evolution of the right to the environment.2.Formulas of administrative intervention in the environment.3.Sectors regulated by the right to the environment: the protection of nature and its resources.4.Sectors regulated by the right to the environment: the fight against pollution.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Introducció al dret comparatIntroducción al derecho comparadoIntroduction to comparative law  (3104G00007)

Concept, objectives, functions and methodology of comparative Law.Legal ordinances and legal families.The continental legal culture and the Anglo-American legal culture.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

La lliure circulació de persones i l'accés a la Unió EuropeaLa libre circulación de personas y el acceso a la Unión EuropeaFree movement of persons and access to European Union  (3104G00010)

The domestic market and the free circulation of wage-earning workers and on own account.Citizenship and the free circulation of persons.The legal statute established in Directive 2004/38 and its application in Spain.The exceptions to free circulation of persons and the jurisprudence of the CJEU.The different legal statutes of nationals of countries outside the European Union.The Schengen agreements: Frontex.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Argumentació jurídicaArgumentación jurídicaLegal argumentation  (3104G00012)

Language and argumentation.Argumentation and logic.Fallacies.Legal interpretation and argumentation.Difficult cases.Legal arguments.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

El dret penal a la pràcticaEl derecho penal en la prácticaCriminal law in action  (3104G00013)

Criminal law in action.The agents implicated in the prevention of and dealing with delinquency: the role of the police, the role of public prosecutors, the role of criminal judges.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

La prova i la seva valoració. Perspectives filosòfiques.La prueba y su valoración. Perspectivas filosóficas.The philosophy of the evaluation of proof.  (3104G00014)

Type of facts.The general notion of proof.Legal proof.Evidence as a means, an activity and as a result.The legally relevant fact.The idea of the proven fact.Evidence: belief, conviction, knowledge.The justification of judicial decisions.The motivation of judicial decisions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Polítiques d'immigració i treballPolíticas de inmigración y trabajoLabour migrations policies  (3104G00018)

I. Immigration in the international, European and Spanish area: analysis of the international and Spanish legal framework on the subject of immigration.II.Legal migration and economic migrations; III.Regulating immigration and employment policy in Spain: linking immigration with employment in Spain; IV.Study of the current legal framework of immigration status in relation to employing immigrants.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Prova judicial i garantiesPrueba judicial y garantíasRules of evidence   (3104G00019)

Due process of lawEvidence and new technologiesThe illegality of evidence.Risk and the burden of proof.The dynamics of proof in civil and penal material.Modern trends in probative law. Probative facilitation techniques.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester
ITSELF 2second semester

Manteniment de la pau i seguretat internacionalMantenimiento de la paz y seguridad internacionalPeace maintenance and International security  (3104G00021)

Analysis of articles 1 and 2 of the United Nations Charter.Resolution 2625 of the General Assembly.Chapters six, seven and eight of the United Nations Charter.Articles 33 to 53 of the United Nations Charter.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Relacions exteriors de la Unió EuropeaRelaciones exteriores de la Unión EuropeaExternal relations of European Union  (3104G00022)

International subjectivity of the EU.External competences.International agreements: type.The commercial policy of the Union.Cooperation in development.Neighbourhood policy.Foreign policy and common security.European security and defence policy.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Funció pública i dret penalFunción pública y derecho penalCivil servants and criminal law  (3104G00023)

Study of the basic criminal figures related to the Administration and statutory public servants.1.Crimes against the public administration.2.Crimes committed by statutory public servants.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Delinqüència juvenilDelincuencia juvenilJuvenile delinquency  (3104G00026)

Adolescence: psychosocial characteristics, children and group relationships, adolescence, marginalisation and delinquency; theories of criminology: literature and research review; juvenile delinquency in Spain: data and research analysis; different models of juvenile justice; in particular, the Spanish model (5/2000): the procedure to attribute criminal responsibility to minors, applicable measures: content, objectives and execution; social services and care programmes for children and young people: general principles, general programmes, specific programmes; protocol for assisting minors.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Drogues i dret penalDrogas y derecho penalDrugs and criminal law  (3104G00027)

Models of criminal policy related to the consumption of illegal drugs (prohibitionism vs.damage limitation).The prohibitionist model: background, budgets and results of the model.The damage limitation model: budgets and practical experiences.Criminal law and illicit drugs: crimes related to illegal drugs, drugs and criminal responsibility.Drugs and criminal punishment.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Sinistralitat en el treball i prevenció de riscos laboralsSiniestralidad en el trabajo y prevención de riesgos laboralesIndustrial diseases and workplace security.  (3104G00029)

I. Main indicators of accidents in the workplace and their social and work-related repercussions; II.Social, work and cultural causes in the rate of accidents at work in Spain and Europe; III.Life-threatening behaviours and the physical integrity of workers; IV.Accidents in the workplace prevention mechanisms and work-related illness; IV.The system of repression in attacks on workers’ health and safety.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Sancions administratives Sanciones administrativas Administrative sanctions   (3104G00030)

1.The constitutional framework of administrative sanctions.2.The principles of the sanctioning authority.3.The principles of sanctioning procedure.4.Jurisdictional control of administrative sanctions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester
SO 2second semester

Tractament constitucional de la diversitatTratamiento constitucional de la diversidadConstitutional treatment of diversity  (3104G00031)

The legal and political dimension of diversity.Citizenship and rights.Management of diversity in comparative law.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Estasiologia. Estudi dels partits polítics.Estasiología. Estudio de los partidos políticos.Stasiology. Study of the political parties   (3104G00032)

Political parties as an object of study.The historical appearance of political parties.Typology of parties: ideologies, organisational structures and functioning.A typology of party systems."Quasi-parties": interest groups and social and political movements.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Ètica i drets humans Ética y derechos humanosEthics and human rights  (3104G00033)

The concept of human rights.The ethical foundation of human rights.Main meta-ethical concepts.The scope of human rights.Human rights and constitutional rights.Rights and democracy.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Investigació del comportament electoral Investigación del comportamiento electoral Research on electoral behaviour   (3104G00040)

The influence of social position on voting.The influence of citizens’ values on voting.The influence of the immediate context on voting.The causes of abstention.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Introducció al dret constitucional comparatIntroducción al derecho constitucional comparadoIntroduccion to comparative constitucional law   (3104G00048)

Comparative law and comparative constitutional law.The criteria of classification and elements of comparison.Models and traditions.Contemporary trends

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Protecció internacional dels drets humans a l'àmbit europeuProtección internacional de los derechos humanos en el ámbito europeoInternational protection of human rights in the european area  (3104G00052)

United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.The Council of Europe.The 1950 Rome Agreement on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and protocols.The European Court of Justice and its jurisprudence.The Human Rights Charter of the European Union.

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Teoria i tècnica de la negociacióTeoría y técnica de la negociaciónTheory and technique of negotiation  (3104G00057)

Conflict.Conflict intervention in the face of escalation.Negotiating processes.Design of offers.Tactical movements.Bargaining.Conclusion of the negotiation.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Crims internacionals i tribunals penals internacionalsCrímenes internacionales y tribunales penales internacionalesInternational crimes and international penal courts  (3104G00059)

The concept of international crime.International criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. International criminal tribunal for Rwanda.Statute of the International Criminal Court

 OPoptional 3.00 SO 2second semester

Intervenció social i educativaIntervención social y educativaSocial and educational intervention  (3104G00062)

Basic concepts of social welfare.The birth, development and current situation of the Welfare state at international level, European, Spanish and Catalan levels.Legal framework for the main systems: health care, education, social services, social security, etc.in Spain and Catalonia.Social benefits: centres, services and financial aid from social welfare systems relating to certain collectives: victims of violent crime, gender and domestic violence, correctional social action, family members of criminals, etc.Social- and educational-intervention models and programmes in certain contexts (centres for minors, abused women, etc.)in prevention, rehabilitation and integration.Research in the area of welfare and criminology.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Psiquiatria forense Psiquiatría forense Forensic psychiatry   (3104G03034)

Psychiatry and Criminality.Delinquency and Pathology.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester
SO 2second semester

Criminologia i feminismeCriminología y feminismoCriminology and feminism  (3104G03065)

Main feminist theories; epistemological and methodological contributions to criminology; women criminals: criminological theories and empirical data; women prisoners: realities and specific interventions; women professionals in the criminal-justice system: police, judges and public prosecutors, lawyers, prison staff; women as victims of crimes: special attention to gender violence; women in the legal imagination.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Language requirement

* Level B2 - German
* Level B2 - English
* Level B2 - French
* Level B2 - Italian
* Level C1 - German
* Level C1 - English
* Level C1 - French
* Level C1 - Italian
* Level C2 - German
* Level C2 - English
* Level C2 - French
* Level C2 - Italian
* Level C1.1 - English
* Level C1.1 - French
* Level C1.1 - German
* English third-language requirement
* French third-language requirement
* Italian third-language requirement
* German third-language requirement

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