Security and Intelligence Policies

The course has the following learning objectives:
1) to provide students with the main notions related to security (risk, control, order, protection, trust), as different disciplines (history of political doctrines, sociology, criminology, criminal law, constitutional law) has dealt with them;
2) to provide students with the knowledge of the main anti-mafia and anti-terrorism policies by reconstructing institutional practices and the role of civil society;
3) to develop the ability to read critically the institutional and media representations of the ""security issue"" and of the information agencies' activities

Knowledge and understanding of: the main problems that security issues raise at national and international level; the theoretical and political apparatus underpinning security policies (contrast and prevention); the media and political construction of fear and of security's need; the organizational structures of law enforcement agencies; the private security market; the direct and indirect anti-mafia policies; the counter-terrorism policies (in particular the intelligence's activities)
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding in relation to the main issues that raise the issue of security at national and international level; ability to deconstruct media and ideological representations of security problems; ability to identify the limits of anti-mafia and anti-terrorism policies.
During the course, group activities and presentations are proposed to consolidate and communicate what has been learned