Criminal Law and criminal law for minors
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Enrico LANZAExpected Learning Outcomes
Acquisition of essential knowledge related to criminal system, especially with reference to the fundamental principles, to the structure of the offense, to punishment and to the specific rules concerning the juvenile criminal proceedings.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
General part of penal law. Penal system and fundamental principles. History of penal law and penal culture. Penal legislation and the principle of legality. Crime structure. The manifestation forms of crime. The author and the victim of crime. The juridical consequences of crimes: penal sanctions. Penal system concerning minors. Minors who commit crimes: imputability; sanctions, with particular regard to substitutive sanctions and judicial forgiveness. Penal process concerning minors: preliminary inquiries and precautionary measures; the judgement (above all, probation and irrilevant facts). Penitentiary system for minors. Mediation and restorative justice.
Textbook Information
S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, pp. 1-258.
A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (editors), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, pp. 161-181, 194-211, 221-226, 463-563, 645-715.
Optional:
A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (editors), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, pp. 127-150.
It's reccomended the consultation of an updated penal code.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fundametal principles in penal matters. The function of punishment | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. I-II |
| 2 | Italian "scuola classica" and "scuola positiva" | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. II |
| 3 | The principle of legality and its corollaries | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. III |
| 4 | The structure of Italian penal code. The distinction between major crimes and minor crimes | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. III-IV |
| 5 | The structure of crime: conduct, event and causality | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. IV |
| 6 | The psycological element of crime: mens rea, preterintention, negligence. The objective liability in penal matters | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. IV |
| 7 | Defences | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. IV |
| 8 | Attempted crime. The circumstances of crime | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. V |
| 9 | Complicity. Concurrence of crimes | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. V |
| 10 | Imputability | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. VI |
| 11 | Types of penal sanctions and alternative measures to detention. The particular tenuousness of crime. Probation for adults. Causes for extinguishing crimes and sanctions | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. VII |
| 12 | Security measures | S. Aleo – E. Lanza, Il sistema penale, Giuffrè, Milano, 2016, cap. VII |
| 13 | Minors imputability | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. IV |
| 14 | Minors punishment. Judicial forgiveness | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. IV |
| 15 | Juvenile criminal proceedings. The investigations on minor's age and personality | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. VII |
| 16 | The arrest (and the bringing in the police office) of the minor caught in the act of crime. The arrest of a minor suspected of having committed a crime | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. VII |
| 17 | Precautionary measures | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. VII |
| 18 | The function of preliminary hearings in juvenile penal proceedings | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. VII |
| 19 | Alternative juvenile proceedings. The irrelevance of crime | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. VII |
| 20 | Probation for minors | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. VII |
| 21 | Mediation. Juvenile penitentiary system | A. Mangione e A. Pulvirenti (a cura di), La giustizia penale minorile: formazione, devianza, diritto e processo, III ed. Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020, cap. IX and cap. VIII, pt. II |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The principle of legality
The prohition of analogy in penal matters
The non-retroactivity of penal law
Causality between conduct and event
Differences between defence and state of necessity
Mens rea
Negligence
Dolus eventualis and conscious negligence
Attempted crime
Conditions for applying security measures
The investigations on minor's personality
Probation for minors
Irrelevance of crime
Judicial forgiveness
The arrest of a minor caught in the act of crime
Conditions for applying precautionary measures to minors
The precautionary measures for minors