In a context such as the current one, in which migration issues have become the epicentre of international political and media attention, the interest in analysing the different measures that governments adopt to respond to the control of migration flows acquires special importance. As a result, there is also a need to break the link between immigration and crime that these measures conceal.
Fátima Pérez has been on @MLGaquiyahora today talking about the work we do from our Andalusian Crime Observatory #ODA. In particular, she pointed out the work of compiling official police, judicial and penitentiary statistics.
Security diagnoses with a gender perspective. How do gender socialisation influence men's and women's perceptions and experiences of security? María Izco reflects on the need to abandon the idea of "objective and unique security" and reviews the advances in public security policies from a gender perspective.
The procedure for drafting penal laws in Spain, the variables that influence it and how Criminology can be useful for improving legislative effectiveness.
On the way to the Official College of Criminologists of Andalusia
18/06/19
There are already five autonomous regions in Spain that have an Official College of Criminologists. In Andalusia, AndaCrim applied to start the procedures for its creation in May 2018. In this interview, María Contreras, president of AndaCrim, explains how the procedure is going and the reasons that justify the need to promote its creation.
Technological advances have led to policies, services, and tools that strengthen the reliable and continued use of new technologies and an increase in criminal acts on the Internet. This duality creates an environment that places Cybersecurity and Cybercrime as two sides of the same coin, a significant situation that will be analysed in detail during a course that we have prepared, together with the ETS Ingeniería Informática, within the framework of the FGUMA summer courses.
Effectiveness of police presence on crime victimization and fear of crime
21/05/19
Work carried out based on surveys in the different districts of Málaga as part of the Public Policy Evaluation course of the Criminology degree to find out about the victimisation of citizens, their experience with the police, their perception of security in their home, neighbourhood and city, the self-protection measures adopted and their perception of the level of police presence.
Immigration, Crime and Citizenship in trobuled times
07/05/19
Los días 9 y 10 de mayo la UMA acoge el congreso internacional "Immigration, Crime and Citizenship in troubled times" organizado por nuestros compañeros del OCSPI y el grupo de inmmigración de la Sociedad Europea de Criminología. Dos días en los que se abordarán múltiples materias vinculadas con la inmigración.
Bullying: prevention and intervention from Criminology
23/04/19
From his research experience on the explanation of bullying and cyberbullying behaviours and the effectiveness of prevention programmes that educational centres can carry out, Pedro Campoy points out the importance of evaluating the measures that are being implemented in different autonomous regions to address this phenomenon.
News treatment of immigration and refugee issues in the Málaga press
26/03/19
A study carried out by the Communication and Awareness-raising team of Málaga Acoge, coordinated by Jacqueline Carvalho, who is a sociologist and volunteer for the NGO and a researcher at the Institute of Criminology of Málaga.
Prevention of antisocial behaviour in children's sport
12/03/19
Presentation of the project for the prevention of antisocial behaviour that our colleague from the Institute of Criminology is carrying out in collaboration with the Andalusian Institute of Sport and several children's football clubs in Málaga.
A new initiative of the Institute of Criminology that aims to become a service for companies that want to carry out Penal Compliance programmes. The project has just been selected in two entrepreneurship support programmes so that the project can become a reality: the VALORIZA Programme of the UMA and the EXPLORER programme of the Group Santander.
Intervention with young offenders and perception of procedural justice
12/02/19
Research to find out to what extent juvenile offenders perceive the penal process as fair, considering their relationship with the different legal practitioners they have had contact with. To this end, a questionnaire was used with a sample of offenders who are serving a punitive measure in the province of Málaga. The results show that the elements that make juvenile criminal proceedings perceived as fair may not be sufficiently present among these young people.
Social intervention for immigrant minors. Ceuta Project
29/01/19
Collaboration agreement with the city of Ceuta for the development and execution of the Intervention and Research Plan for crime prevention among unaccompanied minors in the streets of the autonomous city. The project includes a diagnosis of the number of foreign minors who are homeless and their situation in terms of vulnerability and exposure to circumstances of crime and victimisation risk.
Experiences of victimisation and perceptions of safety among a sample of Málaga citizens
18/12/18
Work carried out with students of the Criminology degree, within the framework of the subject Security Policies, to work on the so-called "local security diagnoses". It consisted of a survey of a sample of 310 residents of Málaga to find out about their experiences of victimisation, their perceptions of the problems of the neighbourhoods in which they live, their concerns about crime and security, and their opinions about the police action.
Following the results of the last elections to the Andalusian regional government, we look at how our perception of crime and violence influences our decision making.
This research evaluates the effectiveness, efficacy, and efficiency of the 2005 Law on Gender-Based Violence based on the analysis of sentences from the Courts for Violence against Women, official statistics, reports from observatories of the Ministry of Justice and discussion groups with the parties involved. The results have been published by Tiran Lo Blanch.
Criminology's contribution to the World Science Day for Peace and Development
06/11/18
The Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law hosted yesterday the IAIC's celebration of the World Science Day for Peace and Development, which brought together organisations and individuals who contribute to the city of Málaga to face the challenges posed by crime, social exclusion and citizen security to share visions and experiences from a scientific and professional perspective.
In a context such as the current one, in which migration issues have become the epicentre of international political and media attention, the interest in analysing the different measures that governments adopt to respond to the control of migratory flows acquires special importance. As a result, there is also a need to break the link between immigration and crime that these measures conceal.
Last year, the first cruise victimization survey was carried out in Málaga. The interest in the subject lies in the fact that Málaga is one of the Spanish cities that receive the largest number of cruise ships each year. The project aimed was to quantify the crimes suffered by cruise passengers, to find out the characteristics of such crimes and the perception of safety in the city by this type of tourist.
What is Criminology? Scientific, academic and professional evolution
25/09/18
To inaugurate the fortnightly slot on the Málaga Aquí y Ahora programme on Canal Málaga RTV, María Contreras, president of AndaCrim, explains what Criminology is, how Criminology studies in Spain have evolved over the last few decades and how the professional profile of graduates is currently being consolidated.
