AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

To know and to handle oneself in a critical way regarding the main paradigms of sociological description of deviance and criminality, as well as social control dispositives.

TEACHING METHODS

- Frontal lessons

- Exercises/small groups activities

- Classroom discussions on the topics dealt with, starting from the analysis of case studies.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Introduction: theories of deviance and criminality;
• The origins of criminal sociology: moral statistics and positivist criminology;
• The functionalist model: theories of anomie and of sub-cultures;
• Criticism of functionalism: learning theory and neutralization techniques;
• The social construction of deviance: the Chicago School, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, labeling approach
• Critical perspectives

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textbooks and recommended reading materials for students attending:

1.    Notes made in the class.

2.    The reading materials indicated during the course.

Textbooks and recommended reading materials for not attending students:

1.    F. Prina, Devianza e criminalità. Concetti, metodi di ricerca, cause, politiche, Carocci editore, Roma, 2019.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DONATELLA PANATTO (President)

GABRIELE ROCCA (President)

ALESSANDRO DE LEO

STEFANO PADOVANO

LAURA SCUDIERI

ALFREDO STEFANO MARIA VERDE

LESSONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The examination will be in oral form.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exercises, the small group activities, the classroom thematic discussions and finally the oral interview will aim at evaluating the learning and the reworking of the contents from the candidates, as well as their critical reasoning skills and their public speaking ability.