SUCCESS will develop in three main phases. Each phase will produce results that feed the next one
WHY SUCCESS?
The objective of this project
SuCCESS aims at strengthening the South American teachers and researchers capacity and body of knowledge to develop and improve higher educational offers in the areas of criminology and public safety through the sharing of experience, knowledge and competences from European Universities (Portugal and Spain) and South American Universities (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).
SUCCESS has the following specific objectives:
- Identify the training and research needs of teachers and researchers in South American universities for the update, improvement or development of new educational curricula and resources in the areas of criminology and public security, based in the latest research evidences and good practices, and so focusing on multidisciplinary approaches and preventive measures, responding to the needs identified in the national contexts to intervene;
- Promote and consolidate a network of experts, teachers and researchers in the areas of teaching criminology and public safety to facilitate the effective knowledge transfer from European universities to South American universities, through the implementation of learning mobility, distance support and coaching.
- Develop new curricula or improve existing study programmes on public safety and criminology at the undergraduate and graduate levels based in the latest research evidences and good practices, and focusing on multidisciplinary approaches and preventive measures, bridging research and social policies, and increasing the effectiveness of work in this field.
- Support the creation of an online Euro-South American Interuniversity Cooperation Network for professional training and the management of criminological knowledge applied to public policies.
- Create a thematic workshop programme that will complement the online Euro-South American Interuniversity Cooperation Network and enable the face-to-face cooperation activities for knowledge transfer and capacity building between teachers and researchers of South America and Europe.
- Implement and test the improved and newly developed educational offers and educational resources in the South American universities.
- Increase the quality and quantity of human capital (teachers, staff dealing with citizen security and crime prevention) devoted to knowledge in Criminology and Public Security, solving social and economic problems.
How will SuCCESS work what will be achieved?
PHASE 1
State of the art and review of training needs in South American universities in the field of criminology and public safety
- Establish the current development in academic terms, regarding postgraduate training and scientific research;
- Detect teachers needs for the development of high-level postgraduate education with respect to each partner university;
- Identify key research topics at each university;
- Detect the institutions working in the fields of training and of their professionals at the level of training and in-depth study of the problems relating to each national/local context.
Results:
- Comprehensive report on the state of the art for each South American university
- Comparative report of the scenario in South America
- Guidelines for improving the educational offer on criminology and public security in South American universities
PHASE 2
Curricula reform (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels) to improve existing offers and develop new ones
- Create a network of teachers and researchers (based in learning mobility and distance coaching) seeking the development of educational curricula and resources to enrich postgraduate training programmes or the creation of new ones in the field of Criminology and Public Safety;
- Create a research network on relevant topics articulated with the development of curricula in criminology and public security.
- Compile relevant bibliographic, hardware and software resources to be used to deliver improved or new curricula and in the future collaborative network.
Results:
- New and improved educational offers in criminology and public security in South American universities.
- Creation and maintenance of a Euro-South American Interuniversity Cooperation Network.
PHASE 3
Implementation and Evaluation of the Curricula designed
- Implement curricular Units and/or Postgraduate Programs in the South American Universities through local teachers and classes given by European teachers (on-site, or distance learning).
- Monitor the implementation of these programs through the Euro-South American Interuniversity Cooperation Network
- Evaluate the process and the results to seek the sustainability of the study programmes.
Results:
- Reviewed educational offers in the South American universities.
Who is SuCCESS for?
The work developed by SUCCESS is primarily for all those studying or working in the fields of criminology and public safety in South America and for those willing to develop their skills and work in these fields. Click in each box to see how the project will be useful for each target group
Higher education teachers and researchers
in the areas of criminology and public safety
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The need to develop teaching and scientific capacities in criminology and public security issues is transversal to all South American universities. Although in some of these universities several research groups have been working in the study of crime, violence, and the phenomena associated with crime and insecurity, the link between the several groups is important, and is still missing as a way to strengthening knowledge and specialized training as well as to promote effective knowledge transference and capacity building.
Higher education students
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Students will have access to modernized and up-to-date curricula and lessons and thus increase the chances of being high-quality professionals and address the gaps in their professional area.
Future higher education students
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The results of SUCCESS will make training in criminology more appealing to new students willing to embrace professional careers in the area of public safety and crime prevention/control.
Government officers in public security and Criminal Justice
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This group includes, e.g. prosecutors, defence public lawyers/attorney, judges, national directors from citizen security and criminal policy, prison officers and police forces officers. They will have new approaches and scientific-based evidences on crime prevention and control, offender treatment, recuperation of crime victims, etc., so that a focus of the policies and actions is the prevention instead on punitive actions.
Professionals of the sector willing
to improve their skills and performance
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The modernization of the educational offers in criminology and public security will allow professionals to return to academy for up-skilling and re-skilling, gaining innovative knowledge to improve their performance, contributing to change mindsets and applying multidisciplinary approaches more focused in prevention.
Other stakeholders
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Other stakeholders will be target and involved in the project, e.g. General Attorney Offices, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education; Ministry of Interior, National Police forces, National Penitentiary institutes, Public correctional Facilities and Prevention crime agencies, among others.
Citizens in general
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Will be the ultimate beneficiaries as better prepared professionals in the area of criminology and public security will contribute to the decrease of current crime rates and feeling of insecurity.
Which organisations are working together in SuCCESS?
SUCCESS is a consortium of 13 organisations, including 6 European Universities, 6 South American Universities and a non-academic partner (INOVA+, from Portugal). Partners have an overall previous experience of more than 50 collaborations or agreements between institutions, including academic cooperation agreements for the exchange of teachers, students and staff, as well as cooperation in teaching, scientific and technical research, among others. The consortium is led by Universidade de São Paulo.
