Results of the research activities carried out by eCrime constantly flow into the contents of the courses offered within the Department ‘Faculty of Law’ (University of Trento), providing to students a always updated teaching. The educational offer in the criminological area consists of two ‘complementary’ courses, and four ‘free’ courses.
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES
CRIMINOLOGY
Holder
Andrea Di Nicola
Abstract
Criminology studies crime and deviance, the authors and the victims of crime and deviance and the social (institutional and non-institutional) responses to crime and deviance. The course of criminology aims at providing students with the essential elements to understand, in a comparative perspective, the evolution of deviant and criminal behaviors and of the related reactions of international, national and local systems.
Entrance requirements
To have passed criminal law.
University credits
6 ECTS
Semester
First
Duration
42 hours
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APPLIED CRIMINOLOGY
Holder
Andrea Di Nicola
Abstract
The course of applied criminology deals with the study of “how” criminological research contributes to solve crime and security problems and to support prevention and contrast policies. The course intends to provide students with the instruments to apply the theoretical criminological knowledge, acquired during the course of criminology, to investigative, intelligence, business security, urban security activities and to those decisions on the most appropriate measures to be applied to prevent crime and social disorder.
Entrance requirements
To have passed criminal law and criminology.
University credits
6 ECTS
Semester
Second
Duration
42 hours
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optional COURSES
CRIMINOLOGICAL AND JURIDICAL ASPECTS OF ORGANISED CRIME AND THE MAFIA
Holders
Gabriele Baratto, Emanuele Corn
Abstract
The course aims to deepen, in an interdisciplinary key (criminology / sociology of deviance and criminal law), the development and characteristics of the mafia phenomenon and national law enforcement strategies, allowing students to reflect on the interaction between law and social phenomena. The course is part of the numerous didactic, training and research activities that the University of Trento has been organising for some time on the mafia phenomenon and on the economic, legal and social aspects of the same (also in relation to the previous Memorandum of Understanding with the Commissione Parlamentare Antimafia).
Entrance requirements
To have passed criminal law and criminology.
University credits
2 ECTS
Semester
First
Duration
20 hours
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EVALUATION OF POLICIES AGAINST CRIME
Holders
Andrea Di Nicola, Fabrizio Costantino
Abstract
The course presents and describes the tools for evaluating policies against crime, an area in which criminology meets law. The aim is to make students acquire the elements to understand if and how crime prevention and fight policies work and how it is possible to make them more effective and efficient. The course, after introducing the theories and approaches to evaluate policies, offers the opportunity to think about how and why policies work or don't work through specific case studies. Participants will acquire the most appropriate methods and indicators for evaluating the impact, costs and benefits of crime fighting / prevention policies.
Entrance requirements
The course is suggested to students who passed the exams/attended the courses of criminology and applied criminology..
University credits
2 ECTS
Semester
First
Duration
20 hours
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URBAN SECURITY: CRIMINOLOGICAL AND JURIDICAL ISSUES
Holder
Gabriele Baratto
Abstract
The course aims to provide participants (students and employees of the Municipality of Trento) with information on know how to address urban security issues (both objective and subjective) by using a multidisciplinary and innovative approach.
Entrance requirements
The course is suggested to students who passed the exams/attended the courses of criminology and applied criminology.
University credits
2 ECTS
Semester
Second
Duration
20 hours
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DIGITAL CRIMINOLOGY
Holders
Gabriele Baratto, Andrea Di Nicola
Abstract
The course deals with crime and digital criminology. It aims to provide students with the knowledge and tools to understand if and how digital society is changing crime, offender and victim characteristics and behavior, social reaction and criminological research.
Entrance requirements
The course is suggested to students who passed the exams/attended the courses of criminology and applied criminology..
University credits
2 ECTS
Semester
Second
Duration
20 hours
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BUSINESS SECURITY AND BRAND PROTECTION
Holders
Gabriele Baratto, Andrea Di Nicola
Abstract
The course aims to familiarize participants with the issues and professional world of business security, with particular emphasis on brand protection (i.e., the activity by which a company protects its brands and industrial property rights from exploitation offenses by third parties).
Entrance requirements
The course is suggested to students who passed the exams/attended the courses of criminology and applied criminology.
University credits
2 ECTS
Semester
Second
Duration
20 hours
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