Unit Applied Criminology
- Course
- Investigation and security sciences
- Study-unit Code
- 41000029
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Sabina Curti
- Teachers
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- Sabina Curti
- Hours
- 54 ore - Sabina Curti
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline sociologiche
- Sector
- SPS/12
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- 1. Applied Criminology: epistemological and methodological issues. Development of a proposal for a research project in the field of criminology 2. Radical interactionism, the process of violentisation and violent cosmologies 3. Restorative justice
- Reference texts
- 1. L. Athens, The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals, Transaction Publishers, 2017. 2. H. Zehr, Changing Lenses: A New Focus on Crime and Justice, Herald Press, Scottdale, 1990 or The Little Book of Restorative Justice, Good Books, Intercorse, 2002. Guidelines for preparing the project proposal will be made available by the lecturer on the Unistudium platform. Contact the teacher.
- Educational objectives
- Applied criminology: how to conduct research and intervene on issues of deviance and crime in society 1. Analysis of violent criminal behaviour: how a person becomes a “dangerous violent criminal” 4. Restorative justice: how and why to “change perspective” on crime and its consequences
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of criminological and sociological theories. For students of Investigation and Security Sciences, it is recommended that you have first passed the exam in Criminology and Sociology of Deviance.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures Interactive seminar-style lessons with audiovisual aids Reflective exercises Research exercises and project work
- Other information
- During the course, in-depth seminars and workshops will be held. For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or SLDs, visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa. Students with disabilities and/or SLDs are asked to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course. ‘If students wish to take the exam in a year earlier than that scheduled in the study plan, they are advised to attend the course and take the exam in the first available exam session after the course has ended, in accordance with the semester in which the course is scheduled.’ Lectures will begin on 26 September 2025. Unless there are any changes, the timetable will be as follows: Monday 10am-1pm; Friday 11am-2pm.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam will assess the following: - understanding and knowledge of the course topics; - ability to critically analyse criminological issues from a scientific, ethical and social perspective; - ability to use sociological and criminological language in relation to the phenomena investigated. For all students, the exam will be written and structured as follows: - a section with open and closed questions; - a section involving the development of a research project based on the topics covered in the course.
- Extended program
- Initially, the course will provide a comprehensive and analytical overview of the origins and developments of applied criminology, seeking to provide the tools necessary to develop a research project proposal in the field of criminology. Subsequently, violent criminal behaviour and restorative justice will be analysed through some of the most relevant criminological perspectives in the international scientific landscape.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Peace, justice, strong institutions