The course will be devoted to the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and how alternative measures apply. The final part of the course will be devoted to information technology law and legal informatics with special reference to cybercrime and cybersecurity.
Course Content - Part B
The course will be devoted to the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and how alternative measures apply. The final part of the course will be devoted to information technology law and legal informatics with special reference to cybercrime and cybersecurity.
E. SANTORO, Carcere e società liberale, II edizione, Giappichelli, Torino 2004
Learning Objectives - Part A
Knowledge:
Knowledge of the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and alternative measures.
Capacity:
Ability to analyze the relationship between law and social reality and in particular the social impact of the criminal law and the management of security problems.
Skills:
Approach to law as a "social question". Ability to approach the crime and the sanction with an historical approach, to connect the problems of the political-social order to the theories of deviance and punishment
Learning Objectives - Part B
Knowledge:
Knowledge of the sociology of deviance, the theories of punishment, the sociology of the penitentiary system and alternative measures.
Capacity:
Ability to analyze the relationship between law and social reality and in particular the social impact of the criminal law and the management of security problems.
Skills:
Approach to law as a "social question". Ability to approach the crime and the sanction with an historical approach, to connect the problems of the political-social order to the theories of deviance and punishment
Prerequisites - Part A
None
Prerequisites - Part B
None
Teaching Methods - Part A
Lectures
Teaching Methods - Part B
Lectures
Type of Assessment - Part A
Final exam concerning the text and the themes dealt with during the lectures
Type of Assessment - Part B
Final exam concerning the text and the themes dealt with during the lectures
Course program - Part A
Examination of the functions of the sanctioning system, with particular regard to the various figures of deviance and to the penitentiary institutions. In particular: the different interpretations of the evolution of the punitive systems, the social control, the psychological and anthropological foundations of the punishment, the relationship between morality and criminal law, the contrast between Classical Penal School and Positive School, the retributive theories, the contraposition between punishment and treatment, the abolitionist theories, the sociology of prison life, the 'total institutions', the processes of degradation of the defendants and the prisoners, the representation of deviance in the mass media, the transition from the welfare state to the 'penal state', the theories of child abuse, the Durkheimian sociology of punishment, the anomie, the Chicago school, the labeling theory, the critical criminology and the new criminological realism. The second part of the course will be devoted to examining the fundamentals of legal informatics and criminal law of information technology. In particular, will be examined the impact of new security technologies, both in terms of their offensive capacity and in terms of the protection of legal assets. The lectures will be integrated with seminars held by experts in the field.
Course program - Part B
Examination of the functions of the sanctioning system, with particular regard to the various figures of deviance and to the penitentiary institutions. In particular: the different interpretations of the evolution of the punitive systems, the social control, the psychological and anthropological foundations of the punishment, the relationship between morality and criminal law, the contrast between Classical Penal School and Positive School, the retributive theories, the contraposition between punishment and treatment, the abolitionist theories, the sociology of prison life, the 'total institutions', the processes of degradation of the defendants and the prisoners, the representation of deviance in the mass media, the transition from the welfare state to the 'penal state', the theories of child abuse, the Durkheimian sociology of punishment, the anomie, the Chicago school, the labeling theory, the critical criminology and the new criminological realism. The second part of the course will be devoted to examining the fundamentals of legal informatics and criminal law of information technology. In particular, will be examined the impact of new security technologies, both in terms of their offensive capacity and in terms of the protection of legal assets. The lectures will be integrated with seminars held by experts in the field.