Deviance Sociology, Juvenile and Criminal Law

The educational goal of the course aims at developing knowledge related to:
· individual, group and social communication processes in a globalized society
· the relationships between processes of social construction of deviance and their normative definition
· the functions of social control
· institutional responses to social problems
· to the historical evolution and the current legislation of family law
· to the law of juvenile law, with particular regard to the institutions of temporary custody and adoption, the problems relating to the connection between the administrative interventions of the services and those of the judicial organs
· to the framework of the most important issues of criminal law, juvenile criminal legislation and the social reintegration of the offender, connected to the role of professional educator
· to the elements of knowledge regarding secrecy, professional responsibility and reporting obligations

At the end of the course the student must know
· the individual, group and social communication processes in the globalized society
· the relationships between processes of social construction of deviance and their normative definition
· the functions of social control
· the institutional responses
· the historical evolution and the current legislation of family law
· the legislation about juvenile rights, with particular regard to the institutions of "temporary custody" and "adoption", the problems related to the connection between the administrative interventions of social services and those of the judicial power
· the framework of the most important issues of criminal law, juvenile criminal legislation and the social reintegration of the offender, connected to the role of professional educator
· the elements of knowledge regarding secrecy, professional responsibility and reporting obligations