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CODE 100572
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/12
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

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;
  • 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

DANIELA AMICIZIA (President)

DONATELLA PANATTO (President)

PASQUALE COSENTINO

STEFANO PADOVANO

LAURA SCUDIERI

ALFREDO STEFANO MARIA VERDE

GABRIELE ROCCA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

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
09/06/2025 15:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
19/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
19/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
30/06/2025 15:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
10/07/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
10/07/2025 15:00 GENOVA Orale
08/09/2025 15:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
11/09/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
11/09/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale
22/09/2025 15:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
13/10/2025 15:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals
Good health and well being
Good health and well being
Quality education
Quality education
Gender equality
Gender equality
Reduce inequality
Reduce inequality
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Peace, justice and strong institutions