77795 - Security Laboratory

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Moduli: Sandra Sicurella (Modulo 1) Andrea Forlivesi (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Criminology for Investigation and Security (cod. 8491)

Course contents

The course is divided into two learning modules, each composed of 20 hours of lessons. One of them is held by dott.ssa Sandra Sicurella and the other one by dott. Andrea Forlivesi.

Classes will be held in the first semester (from September to December 2018).

 

Dott. A. Forlivesi

The first part of the lecture cycle will concern corporate security and, in particular, risk management, which is fundamental for the development of effective strategies to protect goods and people from criminal threats. In particular, the following topics will be discussed:

• Analysis of the concepts that underlie the security activity: security, safety, risk, threat, active and passive safety, emergency management. These concepts will be analyzed in a systemic perspective, according to which every element that contributes to the development of security plans can be fully effective only if placed in full interaction and integration with others.

• Notes on the evolution of security: how it was born and how it has evolved in relation to the evolution of economy and society, from pure physical protection to information security.

• The stages of identification, assessment and treatment of risks in corporate security. Risk management is a fundamental process for the development of effective security programs. The three phases of identification, quantitative and qualitative assessment and real risk management will then be analyzed, through the analysis and discussion of practical cases of corporate security.

The second part will concern the UNI ISO 31.000 standard on risk management: what the standard prescribes, what is the basic idea, how risk management is "thought" within an organization. This standard represents the reference point for every type of activity within a company, since each activity is intrinsically "risky".

The third part of the course will focus on some specific security issues, always in a practical-operational perspective, with the aim of applying the concepts acquired during the first two parts of the cycle of lessons to the reality of the facts. In particular, the following topics will be discussed:

• Analysis and discussion of some cases: modus operandi of the criminal, factors that facilitate the occurrence of criminal incidents, failings in the security system.

• Security in public events (events, concerts, parties, etc.) in light of the new legislation, with particular reference to terrorist threats.

• Emergency management: the ability of a company to "survive" a crisis is fundamental and involves all the professionals involved in it, since it must be treated at 360 degrees: organization, communication, image, legal aspects.

The course will have a practical and operational cut and will deal with specific cases, with the aim of reducing students as much as possible in the reality of corporate security.

Dott.ssa S. Sicurella

Urban security will be analilysed according different points of view:

- Classical theory

- seminars with expert

Readings/Bibliography

Bianchini E., Sicurella S., Progettazione dello spazio urbano e comportamenti criminosi [http://http://www.vittimologia.it/rivista/articolo_bianchini-sicurella_2012-01.pdf], «RIVISTA DI CRIMINOLOGIA, VITTIMOLOGIA E SICUREZZA», 2012, anno VI, numero I, pp. 74 - 90

Bianchini E., Sicurella S., Gis: un nuovo strumento per la ricerca in criminologia e vittimologia, in: Criminologia e vittimologia: metodologia e case studies, Bologna, Minerva, 2011, pp. 149 - 179

Forlivesi A., Crime, Criminalità, rischio e sicurezza. Analisi e prospettive, CLUEB, Bologna, 2002. E-book available at www.mondadoristore.it . Reading this book is not mandatory but only aim to deepen the knowledge of the topics that will be covered during the course.

Teaching methods

  • The course attendance is compulsory and will be certified on the basis of minimum 70% of presence. The attendance is necessary in order to take part in projects.
  • The course methodology is participatory.
  • Lectures held by Teachers will integrate group discussion, watching multimedia materials, individual/group student presentations during lessons.

 

Assessment methods

Dott. A Forlivesi:

Written security project related to an industrial, cultural, educational or health site. This project must be drawn up on the basis of the methodological indications given during the course, and will be focused on the risk management activity, with particular reference to the phases of identification, analysis and treatment of risks.

Dott.ssa S. Sicurella:

Students, divided into groups, developing a project on urban security, with an integrated approach.

They will choose an issue to investigate (feeling of insecurity, urban decay, relations with the Institutions, private investigations, citizens' participation) and then they will find a place in Forlì (neighborhood, zone, area) and analyze the characteristics of neighborhood to combine theory and practice.

The project will be presented by groups during lessons.

Teaching tools

- Illustration by powerpoint
- Additional material handed lesson

  • During lectures, the professor will use power point presentation that will be published on the website: iol.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Sandra Sicurella

See the website of Andrea Forlivesi