CRIME PREVENTION THEORIES AND POLICIES

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

RSPC08

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in SOCIAL RESEARCH, SECURITY POLICY AND CRIMINAL STUDIES

Disciplinary Sector:

Juridical Sociology and Sociology of Deviance and Social Change

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ANTONILLI ANDREA

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

153

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge related to the sociology of deviance, criminology and victimology

Objectives

Provide the knowledge needed to analyze urban insecurity processes and investigate issues related to crime prevention and containment. It also contributes to achieving the goal of providing useful skills for monitoring deviance and crime in view of the development of crime prevention projects and strategies to combat deviant and criminal phenomena. At the end of the course, the student must be able to carry out a correctdiagnosis of the deviant and criminal problems present within urban realities and to be able to identify and use, among the preventive and safety strategies learned, the most suitable and effective ones.

Contents

In the first part, the course will analyze the evolution of traditional forms of social control (formal and informal), which occurred following the globalization process. The issues related to the concept of risk, the feeling of insecurity and the fear of crime will therefore be addressed, with particular reference to the harmful consequences that can occur within contemporary societies. Later, the module will focus on the factors that affect individuals' insecurities, with particular reference to deviant and criminal phenomena. Finally, we will proceed with a survey of the strategies that can be followed by the actors appointed to counter the genesis of fears and insecurities, and in particular a comparison between order policies and preventive strategies.

Extended Syllabus

Topics:

Formal and informal social control
Risk and the social sciences
The global society between risks and uncertainties
Safety / insecurity binomial
Fear of crime between perception and reality
Fear of crime, insecurity and intervention needs
Public order and zero tolerance
The phenomenon of gated communities
The forms of prevention (situational, social, community)
Regulation and implementation of safety in urban areas
Urban terrorism and prevention policies

Recommended Bibliography

Antonilli A. (2012), Insicurezza e paura oggi, FrancoAngeli, Milano.

A book chosen from the following:

1- Bauman Z. (2009), Paura liquida, Laterza, Bari.2- Dambone C. (2019), La violenza spettacolarizzata, FrancoAngeli, Milano.

2-Tonacci F., Giuliano Foschini G. (2018),
Jihadisti italiani. Le storie, le intercettazioni, i documenti segreti dell’ISIS in Italia, UTET, Torino.
3- Ceretti A., Cornelli R. (2013), Oltre la paura, Feltrinelli, Milano.

In addition, for the purpose of verification, the following articles must be studied:

Wilson J.Q., Kelling G. (1982), "Broken windows: The police and Neighborhood Safety", The Atlantic Monthly.
Download link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/3044...

Grant J., Mittelsteadt L. (2004), “Types of gated communities”, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, volume 31, pp. 913-930.
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23541464_Types_of_Gated_Communi... J.Q., Kelling G. (1982), "Broken windows: The police and Neighborhood Safety", The Atlantic Monthly. Download link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/3044...
Nobili G.G., “Le politiche di sicurezza urbana in Italia: lo stato dell’arte e i nodi irrisolti”, Sinappsi, X, n.2, pp.120-137. Scaricabile al seguente link:
https://oa.inapp.org/bitstream/handle/123456789/743/INAPP_Nobili_Politic...
Campioni M., Mastronardi V.M., “Evoluzione del profilo criminologico del terrorista islamico. La risposta europea per la prevenzione al nuovo criminale jihadista”, Rivista di Psicopatologia Forense, Medicina Legale, Criminologia 2020; 25:543.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures, seminars and exercises
• 72 hours of lectures, 9 hours of in-depth seminars on topics of particular interest with the intervention of experts.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

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 thetopics 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 notions assumed.

Contacts/More Information

Conferences and seminars held by experts in the field.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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