Study-unit Sociology of Deviance and Social Control
Course name | Socioanthropological studies for integration and social security |
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Study-unit Code | A002559 |
Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
Lecturer | Sabina Curti |
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CFU | 9 |
Course Regulation | Coorte 2022 |
Supplied | 2022/23 |
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Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
Area | Discipline sociologiche |
Sector | SPS/12 |
Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | Deviance. Crime. Social control. Prevention systems. Fear. Prison. Justice. |
Reference texts | 1. D. Melossi, Stato, controllo sociale, devianza, Bruno Mondadori 2002. 2. M.C. Nussbaum, La monarchia della paura, il Mulino 2020. 3. A. Nothomb, Cosmetica del nemico, qualsiasi edizione. 4. S. Curti, Folla, città e Covid-19: governare (con) la paura in una democrazia, in Sicurezza e scienze sociali, n. 1/2021, pp. 50-65. For a 12 cf. examination, students must add ONE text of their choice from those below: 1. P. Combessie, Sociologia della prigione, Kaplan, Torino 2020. 2. G. Mannozzi, G.A. Lodigiani (a cura di), Giustizia riparativa. Ricostruire legami, ricostruire persone, il Mulino, Bologna 2015. 3. S. Curti, Rileggere "Dei delitti e delle pene" di Cesare Beccaria, CEDAM, Milano 2015. 4. A. Borghini, G. Pastore (a cura di), Carcere e scienze sociali. Percorsi per una nuova cultura della pena, Maggioli Editore 2020. 5. S. Vezzadini, Per una sociologia della vittima, FrancoAngeli 2012. |
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 prison and fear of leaving prison. Restorative justice. |