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Criminal Behaviour and How to Disengage From It (10 cr)

Code: V1412-3006

General information


Enrollment

27.11.2023 - 03.12.2023

Timing

23.01.2024 - 10.06.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Virtual proportion

5 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Tikkurila, sote

Campus

Laurea Tikkurila

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Sosionomikoulutus, rikosseuraamusala (SRV2), Laurea Tikkurila (Finnish)

Teachers

  • Olli Kaarakka

Teacher in charge

Olli Kaarakka

Groups

  • SRV223KA
    Sosionomikoulutus, rikosseuraamusala, monimuotototeutus, K23, Tikkurila

Learning outcomes

The student
- is able to consider the factors affecting human behaviour and ways to impact it
- is familiar with the basic concepts in the scientific explanation of criminality
- has knowledge of the most central theories explaining criminality and are able to asses them critically
- is familiar with the main quantitative and qualitative features of criminality in Finland
- is familiar with the fundamentals of disengaging from criminal behaviour (desistance)
- is capable of analysing and structuring expertise in the corrective services sector from the perspective of rehabilitative work

Grading scale

H-5