Study-unit Applied Criminology
| Course name | Investigation and security sciences |
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| Study-unit Code | 41000029 |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Sabina Curti |
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| CFU | 9 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
| 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 | 1. Applied criminology: epistemological and methodological issues; 2. Prison, restorative justice and criminal mediation; 3. Forms of violence; Domestic, gender and sexual violence; 4. Corruption and organized crime; 5. Violent cosmologies and analysis of criminal behavior |
| Reference texts | For reference texts in English or other language, please contact the teacher |
| Educational objectives | 1. Applied criminology: how to research and intervene on the problems of deviance and crime in society 2. Prison 3. Forms of violence; Domestic, gender and sexual violence 4. Corruption 5. Violent cosmologies and analysis of criminal behavior 6. Restorative justice and criminal mediation |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of criminological and sociological theories |
| Teaching methods | Lectures Interactive seminars Open seminar-style lectures with audiovisuals Reflexivity exercises Research exercises and project work |
| Other information | In-depth seminars on the topics of deviance and crime will be conducted during the course. For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa Male and female students with disabilities and/or DSAs are asked to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course. "In the event that the student intends to anticipate the exam in a year prior to the one scheduled in the study plan, it is recommended that he/she attend the lecture series and take the exam in the first useful call after the lectures themselves have ended, thus respecting the semester of the teaching schedule." |
| Learning verification modality | The test will consist of an examination to assess overall: - the understanding and knowledge of the course issues; - the ability to critically analyze with respect to criminological problems from scientific, ethical and social perspectives; - the ability to use sociological and criminological language with respect to the phenomena investigated. For FREQUENTING and NON-FREQUENTING students, the test is written and is structured as follows: - a part with open and closed questions; - a project work part on one of the paths of your choice from the program. |
| Extended program | At first, in an extended and analytical manner, the course deals with the origins and developments of applied criminology and some issues of the profession in the Italian landscape. In a second moment, some areas of intervention and analysis of criminology are analyzed, with a focus on prevention, and aimed at the students' completion of a project work. |