Criminal Law and Criminology

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Enrico LANZA

Expected Learning Outcomes

The aim of the course of Criminal Law and Criminology is the acquisition of deep knowledge about the phenomenon of criminality, the way it is perceived, defined and faced. The study begins with the analysis of historical, social and cultural conditions that led to the birth of criminology; then, it is analysed the relationship among criminal law, criminology, criminal sociology and psycology. The second part of the course deals with organised criminality and the crimes agaist public administration.

Course Structure

Frontal lessons

Required Prerequisites

No prerequisites are necessary

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is not required

Detailed Course Content

From the system of private revenge 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. 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. The prison. Historical analysis and specific problems of penitentiary system. Alternative measures to detention.

Crimes concerning law and order. Organised crime. Crimes against public administration. The so-called Nordio reform.

Textbook Information

S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, pp. 1 - 283.

S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, capp. III e IV, pp. 105 - 292.

The use of an updated penal code is recommended.

During the lecture cycle, additional material will be made available via the Studium platform, especially concerning the most recent legislative innovations.

Reading the volume of S. Aleo, Dal carcere. Autoriflessione sulla pena, Pacini, Pisa, 2016, is recommended.

Course Planning

	Subjects	Text References
1	Penal system and private revenge	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. I-II
2	Penal law and banditry. Nature law	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. III
3	Illuminism and Italian "scuola classica" ofe penal law	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. IV
4	The origins of criminology and Italian "scuola positiva" of penal law	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. V
5	What is alive and what is dead of Italian scuola classica and scuola positiva	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. VI
6	The School of Chicago	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. VII
7	The interactionist sociology of deviance. The labelling theory. Total institutions	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. VIII
8	Contributions from psychology and studies on aggressiveness	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. IX
9	The prison	S. Aleo, Criminologia e sistema penale, II ed., Cedam, Padova, 2011, cap. X and S. Aleo, Dal carcere. Autoriflessione sulla pena, Pacini, Pisa, 2016
10	Public officials crimes agaist public administration	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
11	Embezzlement	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
12	Emblezzement to the detriment of the State	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
13	Undue receipt of public funds	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
14	Concussion	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
15	Undue inducement to give or promise benefits	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
16	Corruption	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
17	Incitement to corruption	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
18	Abuse of office	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
19	Refusal and omission of official acts	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. IV
20	The history of associative criminal figures	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III
21	Law and order	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III
22	Incitement to commit a crime	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III
23	Organised crime	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III
24	Anti-mafia legislation. Palermo Convention	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III
25	Political-mafia electoral exchange	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III
26	Assistance to members of criminal association	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III
27	External complicity to organised crime	S. Aleo, Istituzioni di diritto penale. Parte speciale, vol. I, II ed., Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2021, cap. III

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral examination

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Kant and Beccaria

Free will

Carrara

Lombroso

Ferri

Durkheim

The School of Chicago

Differential association

White collars crimes

Anomie theory

Juvenile delinquency

Labelling theory

Total Institutions

The delinquent stereotype

Freud

Alexander and Staub

Frustration and aggressiveness

Lorenz

Fromm

The prison

History and problems concerning prisons

Organized crime

Anti-mafia legislation

Mafia-type association

External participation to mafia-type association

Collaboration with justice

Palermo Convention

Subjective qualifications in public administration

Embezzlement

Concussion

Corruption

New legislation against corruption

Trafficking in illicit influences

Abuse of office and its abrogation

Refusal and omission of official acts

Degree Course in

Public Administration Management