LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Academic Year 2020/2021 - 3° Year
Teaching Staff: Santo DI NUOVO
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: M-PSI/05 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Taught classes: 24 hours
Laboratories: 12 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

The course provides the basic elements for the understanding of the legal and forensic applications of psychology, with particular reference to the criminological aspect and to the criminal law.


Course Structure

Lessons, laboratories.


Detailed Course Content

- The areas of forensic psychology

- Crimes and criminals. The notion of responsibility

- The punishment of the crime and the psychology of jail

- Rehabilitative aspects and processes

- Youth Crimes


Textbook Information

Vv. Aa., Criminologia e psicologia penale, Bonanno, Acireale-Roma, 2007 – pagine 212.

A. Xibilia, S. Di Nuovo, Il diritto e la mente: elementi di psicologia giuridico-forense, ed. Euno, 2012 pagine 138.

Some topics covered in the latter book (chapter 3, pages 59-132) will be deepened with practical examples in the laboratory.