B020616 - CRIMINAL LEGISLATION AND JUVENILE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

italian

juvenile criminal justice; the penal protection of children, women and weak victims; other crimes and laws interesting for social services

G.Flora - P.Tonini (a cura di), Diritto penale per operatori sociali, Volume II (le aree di intervento), seconda edizione, Giuffré, Milano, 2014: capitoli I, II, III, VI, VII, VIII, X

G. Neppi Modona - D.Petrini - B.Giors, Diritto penale e servizio sociale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2016, parte seconda, capitoli I, II, IV, VI

The course gives the opportunity to widen the study of italian Criminal
Law through basic notions about specific offences and complementary disciplines, which are selected by reason of their connection to the intervention areas of social services. At the end of this formative experience the student will possess fundamental coordinates to orient himself in the complex geography of italian penal legislation (not only Penal Code), so that he could perform in a better way the role of social worker, officeholder or any professional role that entail relations with difficult social/ family conditions, either of victims or authors of crimes. Moreover lexical and conceptual instruments will be given to converse and cooperate without misunderstandings with technicians of Criminal Law. Therefore the course won’t have only a professionalizing tendency, but will teach the method to analyze critically both politics of lawmaking and interpretations of jurists, in the light of Constitution and international Conventions.

Basic knowledges of Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

lectures; supplementary seminars; e-learning

Students who attend lectures are entitled to study only notes of lessons and educational material given by the teacher. The reading of handbooks is anyway highly recommended

Oral final examination; oral or written intermediary test.
The examinations imply technical conversations about criminal law cases. The candidate can read, explain and comment the Penal Code. The test consists of two or three questions, one at least regarding fundamental principles or concepts of the discipline. An additional question can be proposed to decide about the attribution of honors, or contrarily when a pass in examination is uncertain.
If the student wants to deepen a topic with the teaching materials in e-learning platform, the first question of the oral test will refer to this topic.

Penal Code offences:

- crimes of and against officeholders
- violations of the persons
- sexual offences
- crimes against children and weak victims
- end-of-life Criminal Law

Other offences
- Drug-related offences
- Illegal immigration and Criminal Law
- Abortion, Assisted reproductive technology and embryo protection law

Complementary systems
- juvenile criminal justice
- basic concepts of penitentiary law