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

GENERAL CONTENTS:

- criminological theory and sociology of deviance

-crime and the criminal justice system

- criminology and empirical research

- migrants and minority groups' criminalization

PART 1

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

-the chicago SCHOOL: disorganization and assimilation

-conflict and the marxian roots of critical criminology

-deterrence and less eligibility

-colonialism and criminology

PART 2

-sociology of the police

-migration and the criminalization process

-criminology and qualitative research

-monitoring the forms of detention

PART 3

-crime of the powerful

-environmental crimes and green criminology

-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