DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Public Administration Sciences
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 2° Year

DIRITTO PENALE E CRIMINOLOGIA

Teaching Staff

Learning Objectives

• CRIMINOLOGIA E DIRITTO PENALE. DAL SISTEMA DELLA VENDETTA PRIVATA ALLO STATO DI DIRITTO: L'EVOLUZIONE DEL SISTEMA PENALE.
  

  The course of Criminal Law and Criminology intends to acquire in-depth knowledge on the social phenomenon of crime, especially the ways in which it is perceived, defined and addressed. The notion of crime (and criminality) should be considered closely related to that of the penal system, intended for both normative and institutional dimensions (the set of laws, judges, police, etc.) and also in the social and cultural ones. The module is dedicated to the study of the historical, social and cultural factors that have led to the emergence of criminology, with particular attention to the contributions of the positive school in Italy during the nineteenth century.

• CRIMINALITA' ORGANIZZATA E TERRORISMO.
  

  The second module is dedicated to the description of amendments and changes, firstly in its definition, which is required when addressing the problem of organized crime and terrorism. The forms and phenomena of organized crime is a top priority for both the criminal law and the politics, and their analysis have a mainly sociological characterization when considering phenomena in their overall social and historical dimension.

• I DELITTI CONTRO LA PUBBLICCA AMMINISTRAZIONE E CONTRO L'AMMINISTRAZIONE DELLA GIUSTIZIA.
  
  The course of Criminal Law and Criminology intends to acquire in-depth knowledge on the social phenomenon of crime, especially the ways in which it is perceived, defined and addressed. The notion of crime (and criminality) should be considered closely related to that of the penal system, intended for both normative and institutional dimensions (the set of laws, judges, police, etc.) and also in the social and cultural ones. The third module is dedicated to the study of crimes against the public administration, observed and analyzed from a criminological perspective that takes into account the reasons and the specific methods of intervention in areas of particular interest (such as, for example, interventions in the field of fight against corruption). The course aims also to face a deep reflection, also in historical perspective, on the world of the prison, its problems and the reform projects, including an analysis of the measures alternative to it.
• CRIMINOLOGIA SOCIOLOGIA CRIMINALE E PSICOLOGIA
  
  The fourth module is meant to verifythe increasingly complex relationship between criminology, criminal sociology and psychology through the contributions that each discipline can make to the study and understanding of criminal phenomena.

Detailed Course Content

• CRIMINOLOGIA E DIRITTO PENALE. DAL SISTEMA DELLA VENDETTA PRIVATA ALLO STATO DI DIRITTO: L'EVOLUZIONE DEL SISTEMA PENALE.
  

  From the system of private vendetta to that of the penalty. The school of natural law. The Enlightenment and the classical school of criminal law. The origins of criminology: the positive school of criminal law. The contribution of Father Gemelli. Durkheim and the concept of anomie.

• CRIMINALITA' ORGANIZZATA E TERRORISMO.
  

  The state secret. The subversive associations. The terrorist crimes. The crimes against public order and organized crime.

• I DELITTI CONTRO LA PUBBLICCA AMMINISTRAZIONE E CONTRO L'AMMINISTRAZIONE DELLA GIUSTIZIA.
  

  The crimes of public officials against the public administration. The crimes of private citizens against the public administration. The anti-corruption legislation. The prison. Historical analysis and specific problems of imprisonment Penitentiary system. Alternative measures to detention.

• CRIMINOLOGIA SOCIOLOGIA CRIMINALE E PSICOLOGIA
  

  The development of criminal sociology in the United States. Interactionist perspective in sociology of deviance and crime. Labeling theory and total institutions. The contributions of psychology and studies concerning aggression.

Textbook Information

• CRIMINOLOGIA E DIRITTO PENALE. DAL SISTEMA DELLA VENDETTA PRIVATA ALLO STATO DI DIRITTO: L'EVOLUZIONE DEL SISTEMA PENALE.
  

  S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale – II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, pp. 1 - 113

• CRIMINALITA' ORGANIZZATA E TERRORISMO.
  

  S. Aleo, G. Pica, Diritto penale – parte speciale, I vol., Cedam, Padova, 2012, pp. 1 - 186.

• I DELITTI CONTRO LA PUBBLICCA AMMINISTRAZIONE E CONTRO L'AMMINISTRAZIONE DELLA GIUSTIZIA.
  

  S. Aleo, G. Pica, Diritto penale – parte speciale, I vol., Cedam, Padova, 2012, pp. 284 – 352
  S.Aleo, Dal carcere. Autoriflessione sulla pena, Pacini, Pisa, 2016

• CRIMINOLOGIA SOCIOLOGIA CRIMINALE E PSICOLOGIA
  

  S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale – II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, pp. 115 – 268.