SOCIOLOGY OF LAW AND CRIME.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

SODC

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

Juridical Sociology and Sociology of Deviance and Social Change

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CASCAVILLA Michele

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

153

Prerequisites:

None

Objectives

TRAINING OBJECTIVES
The teaching contributes to the achievement of the educational objectives of the Degree Course especially in reference to the purpose of acquiring a deep knowledge of the sociological culture and of the evolution of the study of society with particular reference to its interconnections with the phenomenon of law and human rights. It also contributes to the achievement of the objective of providing knowledge and skills applicable to monitoring of deviance and crime in view of the development of law enforcement strategies for the development of social security.
At the end of the course students will be able to recognize the contribution of the main exponents or the main theories of sociology of law that have addressed the issue of the relationship between law and society and will acquire the ability to decipher, in today's complex reality, the changes that the law or human rights suffer as a result of social changes and, conversely, the impact of legislative measures on social changes. They will also be able to recognize the specific contribution of the main sociological theories of crime and will acquire the ability to know how to use the concepts learned to explain the phenomena of deviance and crime actually present in the context of today's society.

Contents

CONTENTS
a) The origins, researches and problems of the sociology of law
b) The affirmation of the idea of human rights in the western cultural tradition with a deepening of ethical, juridical and sociological aspects inherent to their social function
c) The sociological theories of crime

Extended Syllabus

EXTENDED PROGRAM
a) Origins and researches of the sociology of law
The precursors
The contribution of sociological doctrines
The contribution of political doctrines
The contribution of legal doctrines
The foundation of the sociology of law
The development of empirical researches
The function of law in society
The purpose of law in society

b) Meaning and functions of human rights in society
The theorization of rights in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
The affirmation of human rights in the eighteenth century
The positivization of rights in the nineteenth century
The multiplication and universalization of rights in the twentieth century
The foundation of rights in J. Maritain
The hermeneutics of rights in I. Mancinii
Rights and duties in J. Finnis
Human rights and democracy in J. Habermas
M. Villey's critique of human rights
P. Ellero and the battle for the abolition of the death penalty

3) sociological theories of crime
The classical school of criminal law
The positive school
The Chicago school
The theory of differential association
The theory of anomie
The labeling theory
The conflict theory
The theory of social control
The theory of social learning

Recommended Bibliography

REFERENCE TEXTS
• R. Treves, Sociology of Law. Origins, researches, problems, Einaudi, Turin, 2002
• Facchi, Brief history of human rights, Il Mulino, Bari, 2002
• M. Cascavilla, Rights, person, company, Morcelliana, Brescia, 2015
• F. P. Williams III - M. D. McShane, Deviance and criminality, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2002

Teaching Methods

TEACHING METHODS
• 72 hours of lectures, 6 hours intended for in-depth seminars on topics of particular interest with the intervention of experts, 6 hours for exercises and group work.
• 13 hours of assisted study and revision of the topics dealt with in the classroom;
• 140 hours of independent study
• Total commitment: 72 hours of lessons, 13 hours of assisted study, 140 hours of independent study

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

METHOD OF VERIFICATION OF LEARNING
The verification methods will consist of an oral interview in which through specific questions (at least three) concerning all the parts of the program the degree of knowledge acquired by the student on the topics covered in the Course will be ascertained as well as the ability to know how to use critically and to know how to apply to concrete cases the notions assumed.
Approximately halfway through the course, an intermediate test is provided with the administration of a questionnaire of 30 multiple choice questions to ascertain in itinere the degree of learning on the program carried out.

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