Presentation

The Master in Criminology and Criminal Justice System has been taught for 26 years and is currently, since the academic year 2010-11, an official and interuniversity master's program. (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Girona i Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). 

Classes are face-to-face.

It is required to be able to read academic articles in English. 

Contents

Compulsory topics

  • Topic 1: Penology. Theories of justification of punishment. Penitentiary system. Alternative punishments to prison. Juvenile penal system. Public opinion and punishment. European trends in the regulation of alternative punishments and prison punishments. Contemporary research on alternative punishments and prison punishments.
  • Topic 2: Criminology. Theories of Criminology. Contemporary research to test criminological theories. Training programs. Reinsertion programs. Victimology.
  • Topic 3: Methods. Methods of investigation in penology: quantitative and qualitative. Introduction to scientific work. Plan for thesis.
  • Topic 4: Research Initiation: Final Thesis. Design of an integral project. Carrying out a research project in the field of criminology and penology.

Elective topics*

  • Topic 5: Crime. Organized crime. Economic and business delinquency. Common crime. Juvenile crime. New forms of crime: delinquency and new technologies. Temporary evolution of crime; data analysis.
  • Topic 6: Criminal Justice System. Police. Criminal proceedings and precautionary measures. Prison and penitentiary law. Women and criminal system. Immigration and criminal system.

* The elective topics may change from one course to another.

** Students from the Degree in Criminology at UPF will be able to attend the subject "Methodology", which will be taught in English, in the Research Master in Sociology and Demography. They will be able to choose up to 9 ECTS of elective courses in the Master of Legal Science or the Master in Sociology and Demography. Finally, they will be able to join in the seminars of the Criminology and Criminal Justice System Research Group at UPF.

On the 27th of Septembre, from 3:15 p.m. to 4 p.m., welcome session will take place on room 40.047C with Master's director Elena Larrauri. After that, it will start the Master's first class. 

The Master's Degree in Criminology and Penal Execution, together with the Library and the Computer Science Service, carry out each year a course in digital skills.

The course is compulsory and has no additional cost. In addition, the Library will provide a certificate of digital competence to all those who have completed it.

It is a four-week course and is fully online, not including the informative (face-to-face). All the materials needed, will be uploaded at Aula Global, including the link to access to the first session. 

This studies plan does not inclued the possibility of taking curricular internships (nor validating professional experience for credits)

Extracurricular internships can be taken when establishing a formal agreement between the university and an entity. 

For more information, check Professional Career Service's website. 

The Master's Thesis consists of 15ECTS. Its purpose is for the student to learn to write concisely an academic article that can be published respecting the rules of a scientific journal.

Check its syllabus.

View Master's Thesis done in previous courses on e-Repositori.