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72606 - Social Psychology and Deviance

Academic Year 2022/2023

                
                        Docente:
                        Gabriele Prati
                    
                        Credits:
                        8
                    
                        SSD:
                        M-PSI/05
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Gabriele Prati
                            (Modulo 1)
                        
                            Iana Ivanova Tzankova
                            (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)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to discuss the main theories of social psychology and psychology of deviance

Course contents

Course participants will be able to identify key issues in social psychology and psychology of deviance:

The memory

Eyewitness testimony.

Cognitive interview.

Deception

Lie detection.

Interrogation techniques.

Public order and crowd behavior.

Mental disorders.

Paraphilias.

Suicide

Prostitution

Stereotype, prejudice and "hate crimes"

Violence in Italy

Social psychology of aggression and deviance

Reaserch methodology in social psychology

Psychological autopsy and criminal profiling

Socio-psychological theories and factors of deviance in adolescence
Prevention and protective factors of crime and deviance
Fear of crime e sense of safety in communities

Readings/Bibliography

Online materials

-Powerpoint slides and other materials available on the platform Virtuale (https://virtuale.unibo.it/)

Books:

-Caso, L., & Palena, N. (2022). Interrogare: Metodi e strategie per la raccolta delle informazioni e la valutazione della credibilità. Il Mulino.

-De Leo G. & Patrizi P. (2002). Psicologia della devianza. Roma: Carocci.

-De Leo G., Scali M., Caso L. (2005). La testimonianza. Problemi, metodi e strumenti nella valutazione dei testimoni. Bologna: il Mulino (in alternativa il libro "La memoria del testimone. La tecnica dell’intervista cognitiva con l’adulto e il minore. Aspetti giuridici, teorici e pratici" di Antonio D'Ambrosio pubblicato con la Franco Angeli).

-Caso L. & Vrij A. (2009). L'interrogatorio giudiziario e l'intervista investigativa. Bologna: il Mulino.

-Roccato, M., & Russo, S. (2012). Insicurezza e criminalità: Psicologia sociale della paura del crimine (Introduzione, Cap. 1 e 3). Napoli: Liguori.

-Palmonari, A. (2011). Psicologia dell’adolescenza (Cap. 16, pp. 317-340). Bologna: Il mulino.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Assessment methods

Written exam with open and multiple choice questions.

Teaching tools

Teaching tools used for lectures: video projector, PC, overhead projector.

Office hours

See the website of Gabriele Prati

See the website of Iana Ivanova Tzankova

SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.