OVERVIEW

The lectures aims to provide an overview of the main sociological theories of deviance and criminality, also with the support of case studies regarding the legal and social professions directly involved in the mechanisms of definition and government of the “abnormal”.

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.

At the end of the course, the students will acquire adequate knowledge and interpretative tools to critically analyze deviant phenomena and of social exclusion, and to develop empirical research in this field.

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 and criminality  - The origins of criminal sociology: moral statistics and positivist criminology - Functionalist perspectives and its development particularly in relation to juvenile delinquency; criticism of functionalism - American criminology: the Chicago School, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, labeling approach - European criminology: English criminology, French criminology and Italian critical criminology - Gender Perspectives.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Notes made in the class.
2. The reading materials distributed, indicated during the course and published (via the portal aulaweb).
3. I. Fanlo Cortés, D. Ferrari, a cura di, I soggetti vulnerabili nei processi migratori. La protezione internazionale tra teoria e prassi, G. Giappichelli, Collana del Corso di Laurea in Servizio sociale, Torino, 2019 (introduction and 5 essays).

1. F. Prina, Devianza e criminalità. Concetti, metodi di ricerca, cause, politiche, Carocci editore, Roma, 2019.
2. I. Fanlo Cortés, D. Ferrari, a cura di, I soggetti vulnerabili nei processi migratori. La protezione internazionale tra teoria e prassi, G. Giappichelli, Collana del Corso di Laurea in Servizio sociale, Torino, 2019.

Exam Board

LAURA SCUDIERI (President)

ISABEL FANLO CORTES

GABRIELLA PETTI (President Substitute)

REALINO MARRA (President Substitute)

MATTIA VOLPI (Substitute)

SEBASTIANO BENASSO (Substitute)

GIULIA ARENA (Substitute)

Teaching methods

- Frontal lessons

- Exercises/small groups activities

- Classroom discussions on the topics dealt with, starting from the analysis of case studies.

LESSONS START

I semester from September 14th to December 4th 2020
II semester from February 15th to May 7th 2021

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