The activity aims to offer an historical – juridical profile regarding the evolution of criminological thought together with the investigatives techniques, concerning criminal science and the improvement of forensic medicine’s specializations.
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science. From the first seeds of physiognomy, we will take a non-linear analytical path to the advent of the
criminal anthropology of the Lombrosian school of thought and theoretical prosecutions.
At the same time, we will consider the first investigative techniques and research methods that appeal to
today’s criminology. We will undertake an articulated screening of judicial cases and evaluate the
importance granted to medicine, psychiatry and psychology within the criminal justice system from the
second half of the 19th century to the 20th century.
Mutuazione: 20110238 Attività: Storia delle scienze forensi in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 CHIANTINI MONICA
Programme
The course will take an historical-juridical, multidisciplinary approach to outline the evolution of criminalscience. From the first seeds of physiognomy, we will take a non-linear analytical path to the advent of the
criminal anthropology of the Lombrosian school of thought and theoretical prosecutions.
At the same time, we will consider the first investigative techniques and research methods that appeal to
today’s criminology. We will undertake an articulated screening of judicial cases and evaluate the
importance granted to medicine, psychiatry and psychology within the criminal justice system from the
second half of the 19th century to the 20th century.
Core Documentation
The material will be given by the professor during the lessonsAttendance
obligatoryType of evaluation
oral exam