Study-unit Sociology of Deviance and Social Control
| Course name | Socioanthropological studies for integration and social security |
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| Study-unit Code | A002679 |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Sabina Curti |
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| CFU | 12 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2023/24 |
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| Sector | SPS/12 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | 1. Elements of sociology of deviance (distance education) 2. Fear: epistemology, phenomenology and sociological analysis 3. Fear of control and control of fear |
| Reference texts | 1. slide 2. J. Bourke, Fear, Counterpoint 2006. 3. J. Simon... |
| Educational objectives | At the end of the course, the student possesses the basic knowledge required for the socio-criminological analysis of the phenomena dealt with in relation to the field of deviance and crime; the ability to approach the field of professional work with operational tools; the knowledge and skills to be able to design interventions, especially analytical, socio-cultural, preventive and extra-legal interventions, relating to deviance and crime. |
| Prerequisites | No |
| Teaching methods | Lectures In-depth seminars Video and film documentaries Written papers Meetings with experts and privileged witnesses Reflexivity exercises |
| Other information | For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa Students with disabilities and/or DSA are requested to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course |
| Learning verification modality | The test will consist of a written examination with open questions to assess - the understanding and knowledge of the issues dealt with, the ability to be able to place them historically and to explain the methods used; - the ability to critically analyse the issues addressed from a scientific, ethical and social point of view; - the ability to use sociological and criminological language in relation to the phenomena investigated; - the ability to design social research and prevention interventions in hypothetical criminal and extra-criminal contexts. |
| Extended program | Introduction to the course, teaching, workshop and evaluation methods. 1. Elements of the sociology of deviance and social control: analysis of the causes of deviance, systems of prevention and control. 2. Fear as an emotion and as a mechanism of social control. Fear of control, control of fear. 3. Fear of self and other: causes, effects, recursiveness. Fear, criminal(s) and victim(s). 4. Individual and social dimensions of fear. Case studies and practical observations. 5. Fear of control and control of fear. |