Criminal policies risk becoming exhausted in the option between more or less criminal intervention, reproducing the illusion of the primacy of criminal law, the legislative choice to criminalize or decriminalize. The demand for security against crime and the increasing fear of victimization find, in Europe and in Italy, a consolidated thread of interventions that express national and local policies, occupying a gray area between criminal and penal policies on one side, and social, cultural, and economic policies - well before legal ones - on the other, which allow addressing society's security needs without having to invest in the criminal justice system.

The course aims to provide the foundations of the relationship between criminal law and integrated prevention, the necessary knowledge to understand the issue of urban security and the evolution of strategies for new prevention in a broader context of local public policies. Urban security tends to distinguish itself from traditional concepts of security and public order, with the adjective "urban" referring to the institutional actors who are responsible, at the local level, for addressing citizens' problems. Urban security deviates from repressive logic and symbolic use of punishment; it is not a new subject, nor is it an exercise of public order or local administrative policing functions, but rather the result of the exercise of different institutional actors' tasks, in the perspective of Article 118, paragraph 3, of the Constitution.

The rise in the relevance of security issues within urban environments , the crisis of penal reform, the limited efficacy of disciplinary measures,  the right to security and new fundamentalisms, police reform, and an increased focus on the welfare of victims.

The issue of security. From the Italian punitive turn to social insecurity.

The evolution of prevention and urban security strategies developed in Italy in the last three decades.

The transformation of the concept of prevention and its transition from a strictly criminal dimension to a broader context of local public policies.

 The analysis of different models and prevention practices that have spread in the Italian context, with the downsizing of social prevention in favor of short-term situational prevention projects, multi-disciplinary, integrated, and multi-agency approaches.

The "security package," with renewed powers of the Mayor in urban security matters. Decree-law no. 147/2017[1]  (converted into law no. 48/2017). Integrated security and its tools. The general guidelines of public policies for the promotion of integrated security and urban security, coordination between the State and Regions. Lights and shadows of the law on security in cities. The comparative perspective, expansion of punishability, and new forms of urban control through "legal hybrids."

Crime prevention in public administration. Recovery of confiscated assets, dissolution of Municipal Councils due to mafia infiltrations, anti-mafia prefectural measures, corruption prevention plans.

Versions of fear. Fear and power. Circularity between fear, violence, order, and politics. Transformative potential of modern fear. Politics of fear, trust and knowledge, workshops, and practices.

Criminal Law and Public Order are recommended.

Knowledge and understanding of :

the legitimacy criteria of criminal law, the purpose of punishment, and criminal policy

 of the general principles of criminal law

of criminal law norms and institutions

of relationships with European and international systems

Applying knowledge and understanding

to research, interpret, apply criminal norms

Autonomy of judgment

to assess and manage normative and jurisprudential complexity

Making judgments

to provide elements of criticism and innovation for interpretation and norm creation

Communication skills

to write comments on judgments and legal opinions in written and oral form

to describe and evaluate empirical data and application, adapting to legislative, jurisprudential, and doctrinal reforms and changes

 Learning skills

basic notions for permanent updating

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Seminars, conferences, exercises, blogs,

Teaching

Lectures, exercises, seminar meetings. Innovative teaching methods as described above.

Innovative teaching methods

Seminars, conferences, exercises, blogs,

Attendance

None

Course books

The exam can be taken based on personal lecture notes and handouts.

Consultation of updated normative texts is required.

Support from the indicated study materials is recommended for non-attending students, specifically:

·  For the general principles of criminal liability, the adopted texts for the Criminal Law and Public Order exam;

·  With reference to the special part: R. Ursi, Public Security, Il Mulino, 2022 (chapters I - II - III and VI); The security of the city, urban and integrated security, edited by Gian Guido Nobili, Tommaso F. Giupponi, Emanuele Ricifari, Nicola Gallo, Franco Angeli, 2019 (chapters I - III - V - VII); Giuseppe Campesi, Che cos'è la polizia? una introduzione critica, Derive e Approdi 2024.

Assessment

Oral exam. The oral interview allows evaluating not only the student's communication skills but also the acquisition of analytical and critical skills required in consideration of the complexity of the topics and arguments covered in the course, for which the student must demonstrate knowledge and understanding.

In the aforementioned discussion, expected learning outcomes will be evaluated through the formulation of three or more questions. Evaluation criteria and scores are determined according to the following scale:

Less than 18/30 - insufficient level: the candidate does not achieve any of the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding" section;

18-20/30 - sufficient level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding" section;

21-23/30 - fully sufficient level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding" and "applied knowledge and understanding" sections;

24-26/30 - good level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding"; "applied knowledge and understanding," and "autonomy of judgment" sections;

27-29/30 - very good level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding"; "applied knowledge and understanding"; "autonomy of judgment," and "communication skills" sections;

30-30 with honors - excellent level: the candidate fully achieves the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding"; "applied knowledge and understanding"; "autonomy of judgment"; "communication skills," and "learning capacity" sections.

Disabilities and Learning Disabilities

Students who have registered disability or learning disability certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use concept maps (for keywords) during the exam.

For this purpose, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course teacher, who will verify their consistency with the university's guidelines and may request modifications.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

 Lectures, exercises, seminar meetings. Innovative teaching methods as described above.

Attendance

None

Course books

For the general principles of criminal liability, reference is made to the texts adopted for the Criminal Law and Public Order exam.

With reference to the special part: R. Ursi, Public Security, Il Mulino, 2022 (chapters I - II - III and VI); The security of the city, urban and integrated security, edited by Gian Guido Nobili, Tommaso F. Giupponi, Emanuele Ricifari, Nicola Gallo, Franco Angeli, 2019 (chapters I - III - V - VII); Giuseppe Campesi, Che cos'è la polizia? una introduzione critica, Derive e Approdi 2024.

Assessment

Oral exam. The oral interview allows evaluating not only the student's communication skills but also the acquisition of analytical and critical skills required in consideration of the complexity of the topics and arguments covered in the course, for which the student must demonstrate knowledge and understanding.

In the aforementioned discussion, expected learning outcomes will be evaluated through the formulation of three or more questions. Evaluation criteria and scores are determined according to the following scale:

Less than 18/30 - insufficient level: the candidate does not achieve any of the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding" section;

18-20/30 - sufficient level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding" section;

21-23/30 - fully sufficient level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding" and "applied knowledge and understanding" sections;

24-26/30 - good level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding"; "applied knowledge and understanding," and "autonomy of judgment" sections;

27-29/30 - very good level: the candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding"; "applied knowledge and understanding"; "autonomy of judgment," and "communication skills" sections;

30-30 with honors - excellent level: the candidate fully achieves the expected learning outcomes listed in the "knowledge and understanding"; "applied knowledge and understanding"; "autonomy of judgment"; "communication skills," and "learning capacity" sections.

Disabilities and Learning Disabilities

Students who have registered disability or learning disability certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use concept maps (for keywords) during the exam.

For this purpose, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course teacher, who will verify their consistency with the university's guidelines and may request modifications.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.