LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

The course provides the basic elements for the understanding of the legal and forensic applications of psychology, with particular reference to the criminological aspect and to the criminal law.

- The areas of forensic psychology

- Crimes and criminals. The notion of responsibility

- The punishment of the crime and the psychology of jail

- Rehabilitative aspects and processes

- Youth Crimes

Vv. Aa., Criminologia e psicologia penale, Bonanno, Acireale-Roma, 2007 – pagine 212.

A. Xibilia, S. Di Nuovo, Il diritto e la mente: elementi di psicologia giuridico-forense, ed. Euno, 2012 pagine 138.

Some topics covered in the latter book (chapter 3, pages 59-132) will be deepened with practical examples in the laboratory.