CODE 72181 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 3 SCIENZE DELL'EDUCAZIONE E DELLA FORMAZIONE 10841 (L-19) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/12 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester PREREQUISITES Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION 8750 (coorte 2022/2023) GENERAL SOCIOLOGY 66880 2022 EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES 10841 (coorte 2022/2023) GENERAL SOCIOLOGY 66880 2022 TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course explores a variety of different themes within sociology of deviance and aims to encourage students to move beyond a mere theoretical approach to deviance and control in order to comprehend the practices of social policy and the administration of deviance. AIMS AND CONTENT 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. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES In particular, the lectures aims to: - reconstruct the main theories of deviance and criminality; - investigate social control and marginalization devices of individuals; - reflect on policies and intervention strategies. Critical and gender perspectives will be privileged in all three directions. At the end of the course, the students will acquire adequate knowledge and interpretative tools to critically analyze deviant phenomena and social exclusion, and to develop empirical research and interventions in this field. PREREQUISITES Students must have passed the General Sociology exam. TEACHING METHODS - Frontal and remote synchronous lessons; - Exercises/small groups activities; - Classroom discussions on the topics dealt with, starting from the analysis of case studies. Students with disabilities or DSA are allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the Delegate of the Education courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities. Students are invited to contact the teacher of this course and copy the Delegate (https://unige.it/commissioni/comitatoperlinclusionedeglistudenticondisabilita.html). SYLLABUS/CONTENT Introduction: theories of deviance; 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; The neo-classical and new-positivism paradigms; Critical perspectives. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY No attending students: - T. Pitch, Devianza e questione criminale. Temi, problemi e prospettive, Carocci editore, Roma, 2022. - F. Vianello, a cura di, Maternità in pena. L'esecuzione penale delle donne con figli minori, Meltemi, Milano, 2023. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LAURA SCUDIERI Ricevimento: At the end of each lesson in the classroom and/or by appointment via e-mail (laura.scudieri@unige.it). Exam Board LAURA SCUDIERI (President) GABRIELLA PETTI LESSONS LESSONS START 7 October 2024 Class schedule SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE 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. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 12/12/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale 09/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 09/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 23/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 23/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 06/02/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 06/02/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 22/05/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 22/05/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 05/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 05/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 19/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 19/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 10/07/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 10/07/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale 11/09/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale 11/09/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals No poverty Good health and well being Gender equality Reduce inequality Sustainable cities and communities Peace, justice and strong institutions