Criminological Research and Education Matters: People, Policy, Practice and the Role of Universities in South America

• In Event: Roundtable: Criminal Justice Education and Education in Prison

Abstract

This presentation offers preliminary results of the proposal of postgraduate curriculum in Criminology developed by 6 South-American universities, with the technical assistance of 6 European universities expert in Criminology, within the framework of the Euro-South American inter-university cooperation promoted by the Erasmus+ SuCCESS Project, financed by the European Commission for 4 years. Through an innovative methodology that includes diagnosis of training needs in Criminology, training of South American university professors in Criminology by their European peers, and the development of study plans that include the state of the art of criminological teaching and research in Europe; the South-American universities developed curricula in Criminology that respond to national needs in matters of security and criminal justice. Considering the significant progresses in cooperation international field, this project aims: to promote cooperation and knowledge transfer between the North-South Universities and to establish the formation of a Euro-South American Network of Criminology for professional training and the exchange of applied criminological knowledge among professors, researchers, students. This presentation concludes with some reflections on the quality indicators of Criminology Curriculum for South America, guidelines on how to develop curricula in this field, and the challenges of teaching and research in the area in South America

Author

• Hugo Morales Cordova, National Major University of San Marcos