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CODE 72085
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/43
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • IMPERIA
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

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.

 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons, using also material retrieved online; seminars; participation to events organized by the Professor.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

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.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

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.Verde A.:  "Whose narratives? The Self as (also) an alien - for a complex concept of ‘Self’ in narrative criminology". Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit, 10(3), pp. 35-58, 2020.

 

 

MOREOVER, JUST FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE "MAGISTRALE" IN PSYCHOLOGY

Bandini T.,Rocca G.: Fondamenti di psicopatologia forense, Giuffré, Milano, 2010: cap.1,2,3,6,9,10.

 

MOREOVER, JUST FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE "TRIENNALE" IN PEDAGOGICS AND EDUCATION

Winnicott D.W.: Il bambino deprivato, Cortina, Milano,1986.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ALFREDO VERDE (President)

LAURA MIGLIORINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2022-

Class schedule

CRIMINOLOGY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written or oral.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

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.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
10/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
24/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
24/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
24/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
24/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
24/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
24/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
07/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
23/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
06/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
06/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
06/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
06/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
06/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
06/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
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06/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
27/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
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12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
05/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Scritto

FURTHER INFORMATION

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.