At the end of the course, it is expected that the student will have acquired/developed the following learning objectives:

Knowledge and understanding: The aim of the course is to provide an overview of the criminal issue, i.e., the link between the type of state and the reasons for punishment, through the perspectives offered by criminal policy, constitutional and supranational principles, and the theory of crime.
Applied knowledge and understanding: The course aims to offer the essential tools for the correct framing and resolution of practical issues, specifically to address and qualify issues that may be criminally relevant.
Judgment autonomy: The course aims to stimulate the student's critical spirit, providing them with the essential methodological tools to acquire awareness of the relativity and contingent nature of the problem of legitimizing the use of punishment.
Communication skills: The course aims to develop the ability to correctly express the acquired notions with argumentative coherence, persuasiveness, and language propriety.
Learning ability: The course aims to make students understand how penal legal thought is a tool for interpreting reality and contemporary world phenomena.