ISMAT 2063

Forensic Psychology

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  This uc aims to bring students closer to the intercontributory sciences of justice, especially in relation to concerns human behaviors, allowing them to acquire knowledge to perceive personalities who appear before the judicial circuits. At the same time, it contributes to understand when it becomes necessary to obtain a psychological view of the subjects, especially through procedures of a psychological nature.
• ProgramaProgramme

  Privileged areas of law that require psychological support. Juspsychological and psychoinclusive intervention: concepts and legitimation; Specific areas. Method. The psychoforensic evaluation: notion, object and application. The usefulness of forensic psychological assessment in justice. The Psychology of Testimony and Unlegal Motivations of Decision: notion; object; practical applications. From basic processes to testimonial grammar. The psychological contribution in criminal and non-criminal legal areas. The psychological autopsy: notion, legal framework and method. Application to practical cases. Research in Forensic Psychology: privileged fields.
• ObjectivosObjectives

  Provide students with basic skills in general Psychology; Frame Law and Psychology within the framework of regulations and social sciences; Prepare students about the needs for psychological intervention in the judiciary; Highlight the reciprocal contribution between forensic psychologists and jurists in different jurisdictions
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Davis, G. & Beech, A. Forensic Psychology. Leicester: BPS, 2012. Debuyst, C.,Digneffe, F., & Pires, A. P. Histoire des Savoirs sur le Crime & la Peine.2. Bruxelles: De Boek & Lacier, 2008. Gavin, H. Criminological and Forensic Psychology. London: SAGE, 2014. Poiares, C. (Ed.) Manual de Psicologia Forense e da Exclusão Social .Lisboa: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2012. Rovinsky, S & Cruz, R. (Orgs.) Psicologia Jurídica: Perspectivas teóricas e processos de intervenção. S. Paulo: Vector, 2019. Urra, J. (Comp.) Tratado de Psicología Forense. Madrid: Siglo Veintiuno, 2002. Weiner, I. & Otto, R. The Handbook of Forensic Psychology. NY: Wiley, 2013  
• MetodologiaMethodology

  Classes will begin with an intervention by a small group of students on the subject covered in the preceding class, which allows for better fixing of the content taught. The exhibition will follow. class material, always with questions to be asked by the teacher, generating debate that allows connect subjects from the previous and current class. Examples and practical cases will be used, placing psychological problems in the legal context.
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  5
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não