Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea in Scienze del servizio sociale - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Foreign language (B1 level) 2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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A course to be chosen among the followingLegend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Criminal law and professional ethics (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S000950
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/17 - CRIMINAL LAW
The teaching is organized as follows:
Parte 1
Credits
4
Period
Sem. IIA
Academic staff
Silvana Strano
Parte 2
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide the necessary legal instruments to understand the different issues related to the social work interventions in the field of substantive criminal law and procedural law. At the same time it provides the main tools to guide the decision-making of the social workers in relationship with the requirement and function of the criminal justice system.
Special attention will be paid to the juvenile punishment system and the specific function of the social services in achieving the goals of the juvenile justice system.
The study of the fundamental notions of the substantive and procedure criminal law will permit to understand the complex interference profiles among the different legal institutes of the criminal law and the principles established by the ethical Code for the welfare workers.
Program
First Part:
1. Fundamentals of Criminal Law: modern criminal law and guarantee principles; characteristics and functions of the criminal sanction and the security measures - principle of legality - elements of crime - attempt and consummation of a crime - defences – principle of culpability – criminal liability – complicity – omission as an actus reus – legal status of the social worker and – juvenile delinquency and deviance - fundamental notions of Juvenile Criminal Justice – treatment of juvenile offender and the role of the social services.
2. Fundamentals of Criminal Procedure: - fair trial - fundamental guarantees - persons - procedure and trial: from the criminal record to the judgment - Juvenile Court.
Second Part:
1. Deontology: I) the ethical Code for the welfare workers: nature, purpose and contents with special regard to the confidentiality and the professional secret; II) The relationship with the criminal law and the criminal procedure law; II) the disciplinary liability and procedure.
2. The main offences of the welfare workers: the illegal practice of a profession, the disclosure of the professional secret, the illegal breach of confidentiality, data protection, etc.
Bibliography
| Activity | Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Parte 1 | Guido Neppi Modona,Barbara Giors,Davide Petrini | Diritto penale e servizio sociale | Giappichelli | 2016 | 9788892102880 | Parte prima, Cap. 1-IX - Parte seconda, Cap. VI, in alternativa a G. FLORA - P. TONINI (a cura di), Diritto penale per operatori sociali, vol. I |
| Parte 1 | G. FLORA - P. TONINI (a cura di) | Diritto penale per operatori sociali - I (Edizione 2) | Giuffrè | 2013 | 8814181136 | |
| Parte 1 | G. FLORA - P. TONINI (a cura di) | Diritto penale per operatori sociali - Vol. II (Edizione 2) | Giuffrè | 2014 | 978-88-14-18181-8 | Cap. I (La qualifica pubblicistica dell’operatore sociale e i delitti contro la pubblica amministrazione), Cap. VI (Le disposizioni sul reato commesso dal minorenne); Cap. VII ( Il procedimento penale davanti al Tribunale per i minorenni). |
| Parte 1 | FILIPPINI–BIANCHI | Le responsabilità professionali dell’assistente sociale | Carrocci | 2013 | ||
| Parte 2 | Guido Neppi Modona,Barbara Giors,Davide Petrini | Diritto penale e servizio sociale | Giappichelli | 2016 | 9788892102880 | |
| Parte 2 | Giovanni Flora, Paolo Tonini | Diritto penale per operatori sociali | Giuffrè | 2013 | 9788814181139 | Volume I: Profili generali su reato, autore e sanzioni. Seconda edizione |
| Parte 2 | aa.vv. | Procedura penale minorile | Giappichelli | 2017 | 978-8-8-9211005-2 | Marta Bargis - Silvia Buzzelli - Claudia Cesari - Franco Della Casa - Adonella Presutti (a cura di) Marta Bargis; seconda edizione |
Examination Methods
The exam is oral. It has the goals to verify the following elements:
depth and extent of the knowledge achieved;
language properties;
ability to connect in a systematic way the knowledge achieved;
analytical and argumentative skills.
The students who have attended the course and wish to deepen their study on a particular subject, in accordance with the professor, will have the possibility to present a short paper on specific topics analyzed during the course, object of the oral interview directed to verify the knowledge achieved.
