The course promotes the acquisition of knowledge about criminology, and a personal reflection about the possibility of using it in the professional field, both for psychological students and for students in pedagogics and education.
Knowledge of the interdisciplinary nature of criminology and of its etero-definition; knowledge of the main approaches to the field (both in the psychological sciences and in the sociological ones), and of their evolution since its beginnings; knowledge of the main problems in the fields of crime prevention and offender treatment.
The course will promote a common approach to criminology for different professionals, and a debate among the different approaches ; moreover, for psychological students, the course will explore the field of psychoforensic sciences, with the connected problems (e.g., interventions with unwilling or manipulating clients); for pedagogical students, the limits and possibilities of treatment with deviants and/or criminals will be discussed.
Frontal lessons, using also material retrieved online; seminars; participation to events organized by the Professor.
COMMON PART (FOR ALL THE STUDENTS)
General part: the development and the contexts of criminological research; recorded crime and dark number; the criminal personality; family context and criminality; migration and criminality; prevention, treatment and control of criminality. Special part: narrative criminology: criminological narratives of the criminal and about the criminal: different theories; the psycho-social approach to criminology.
MOREOVER, JUST FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE "MAGISTRALE" IN PSYCHOLOGY
Forensic psycopathology and psychology: psychology and law; the psychiatric expertise on the criminal; the psychological evaluation of the victims of crime; the psychological evaluations in the field of child custody, adoption and parenting; ethical and deontological problems in the professional activity of the forensic psychologist.
MOREOVER, JUST FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE "TRIENNALE" IN PEDAGOGICS AND EDUCATION
Pedagogical interventions with criminals and delinquent youngsters.
FOR ALL THE STUDENTS:
Bandini T. e coll.: Criminologia, vol I, Giuffré, Milano, 2003: cap.1, 2, 3, 4, 7.
Gadd D., Jefferson T.: Introduzione alla criminologia psicosociale, Angeli, Milano, 2016.
Binik O.: Quando il crimine è sublime. La fascinazione per la violenza nella società contemporanea. Mimesis, Milano, 2018
Francia A., Verde A.: “Le ranz des vaches. Nostalgia e migrazioni: un’analisi clinico-criminologica”, Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia (nuova serie), 13(2), pp. 86-101, 2019.
Verde A.: "Una criminologia troppo umana non deve dimenticare i cattivi". Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia (nuova serie), 13(3), 2019.
Bandini T.,Rocca G.: Fondamenti di psicopatologia forense, Giuffré, Milano, 2010: cap.1,2,3,6,9,10.
Winnicott D.W.: Il bambino deprivato, Cortina, Milano,1986.
Ricevimento: Students can meet Professor Verde every tuesday from 11.30 to 12.30 AM in Genoa - San Martino, DISSAL, Criminological Unit, 12 via De Toni, 3rd floor.
ALFREDO VERDE (President)
LAURA MIGLIORINI
February 2021.
CRIMINOLOGY
Written or oral.
Since the objective of the course is to develop the students' reflection about criminology and its contents, they will be requested of showing their competence in replying to two open-ended questions.
Students coming from different courses are requested to prepare the exam on the texts assigned to the students of Laurea Magistrale in Psychology.
Students with specific learning disabilities, or other kinds of disability, are requested to contact the Professor in order to address their specific problems.
