PROVIDE TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATION OF CERTAIN LEGAL SUBSYSTEMS (EG JUDICIAL SYSTEM, PRODUCTION LEGISLATIVE, MEDIATION OF CONFLICT, ETC.).
teacher profile teaching materials
In the second and third part of the course, through an analysis of historical, sociological and philosophical sources, as well as thanks to empirical observation,
it will be studied the semantic field of the prison by offering student theoretical and sociological tools to distinguish the normative functions of the prison from the social ones. The students will analyze in an active and empirical way the distance between the normative and the social function of the prison penalty. In recent decades, trends of imprisonment in Italy, Europe and the USA have not followed the same direction as crime rates. Statistical data, organisational and economic models, penal system selectivity, the legal culture of prison operators and the surveillance judiciary will be analysed, also in order to understand the complex causes of the growth or decrease of detention rates.
1) Sociologia del diritto di Giuseppe Campesi, Luigi Pannarale, Ivan Populizio, Le Monnier, 2017
2) Carcere e fabbrica. Alle origini del sistema penitenziario di Dario Melossi, Massimo Pavarini, Il Mulino, 2018
3) Bisogna avere visto, a cura di Patrizio Gonnella, Dario Ippolito, Gli Asini, 2019, in via di pubblicazione
Programme
The course aims to offer a broad, multi-disciplinary view of law. The legal science is not an autonomous science. Law is a social phenomenon and as such should be studied. In the first parte of the course it will be analyzed the relation between the law and the society.In the second and third part of the course, through an analysis of historical, sociological and philosophical sources, as well as thanks to empirical observation,
it will be studied the semantic field of the prison by offering student theoretical and sociological tools to distinguish the normative functions of the prison from the social ones. The students will analyze in an active and empirical way the distance between the normative and the social function of the prison penalty. In recent decades, trends of imprisonment in Italy, Europe and the USA have not followed the same direction as crime rates. Statistical data, organisational and economic models, penal system selectivity, the legal culture of prison operators and the surveillance judiciary will be analysed, also in order to understand the complex causes of the growth or decrease of detention rates.
Core Documentation
For students who do not attend the course1) Sociologia del diritto di Giuseppe Campesi, Luigi Pannarale, Ivan Populizio, Le Monnier, 2017
2) Carcere e fabbrica. Alle origini del sistema penitenziario di Dario Melossi, Massimo Pavarini, Il Mulino, 2018
3) Bisogna avere visto, a cura di Patrizio Gonnella, Dario Ippolito, Gli Asini, 2019, in via di pubblicazione
Type of delivery of the course
During the course the direct involvement of the students will be privileged through interactive forms of training and exercises, also written.Type of evaluation
The exam consists of an oral exam for non-attendants. For those attending, there will be an evaluation that will take into account the level and intensity of participation. In the last part of the course students will be asked to write a thesis which they will also have to present orally.