Unit Criminology and the Sociology of deviance

Course
Investigation and security sciences
Study-unit Code
A003410
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Sabina Curti
Teachers
  • Sabina Curti
Hours
  • 36 ore - Sabina Curti
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2023/24
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
SPS/12
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
CRIMINOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY: FROM CRIME TO CRIMINAL, FROM CRIME TO IN-SECURITY AND FEAR OF CRIME. THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN ITALY: THE EFFECTS ON CRIME.
Reference texts
F.P. Williams III, M.D. McShane, Devianza e criminalità, il Mulino 1999.
Educational objectives
1. Criminology and sociology: epistemological, methodological and phenomenological issues. Scientificity and social utility of criminological theories.
2. Crime and the classical school.
3. Crime and the criminal in positivism.
4. Crime and sociological research
5. Fear of crime and in-security. The government of fear.
6. The effects Pandemic on Crime.
Prerequisites
Elemental knowledge of general sociology
Teaching methods
Lectures
Interactive seminars
Open seminar-style lectures with audiovisuals
Reflexivity exercises
Other information
In-depth seminars on the topics of deviance and crime will be conducted during the course.

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Male and female students with disabilities and/or DSAs are asked to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course.

"In the event that the student intends to anticipate the exam in a year prior to the one scheduled in the study plan, it is recommended that he/she attend the lecture series and take the exam in the first useful call after the lectures themselves have ended, thus respecting the semester of the teaching schedule."
Learning verification modality
The test will consist of an examination to assess:
- the understanding and knowledge of criminological theories, the ability to be able to place them historically, to explain the methods used and the results obtained ;
- the ability to critically analyze the issues addressed from scientific, ethical and social perspectives;
- the ability to use sociological and criminological language with respect to the phenomena investigated.
Extended program
1. In an extended and analytical manner, the course deals with the origins and developments of criminology as a science (from epistemological, methodological and phenomenological perspectives).
2. The main criminological theories are analyzed, with special emphasis on those from the sociological field.
3. The effects of the pandemic on criminal phenomena (gender and anti-women violence, cybercrime, prison, and organized crime).
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Yes
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