02513 - Criminology

Learning outcomes

Analytical tools for the comprehension of the contemporary perspectives of social control. Fundamental theoretical issues of sociology of deviance and penology.

Course contents

-presentation of the course's contents: deviance ans social order
-sociology, penal law and crime: different perspectives
-criminology and critical criminology: different approaches; labeling theory an positivism
-functionalism 
-merton and sutherland
-lthe school of chicago: disorganization and assimilation

-conflict and the marxian roots of critical criminology

-deterrence and less eligibility
-actuarial justice and mass incarceration
-crime and migration
-colonialism and post-colonial criminolgy
-mobility and criminalization's processes
-criminology and qualitative research: prison and dangerous urban environments

-crime of the powerful

-environmental crimes and green criminology

-police studies

-organized crime and grey areas

Readings/Bibliography

see italian version

Teaching methods

lectures

seminars

Assessment methods

see italian version

Teaching tools

documentaries

Office hours

See the website of Alvise Sbraccia

See the website of Giulia Fabini