The course aims to analyze in depth two contiguous areas of sociology: the sociology of social security and the sociology of deviance. Through the analysis of the main concepts and theories of these two fields of study, students will acquire socio-political cognitive tools useful for interpreting and managing complex social systems, with particular reference to those social situations and to those behaviors characterized by a potentially high level of criticality and conflict.

EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS
1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- read and summarize scientific texts on sociology of social security and sociology of deviance;
- describe the main theoretical concepts and research methodologies proper to the sociology of social security and the sociology of deviance;
- identify the main authors who have worked in the field of social security sociology and the sociology of deviance.

2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- collocate authors and theories of the sociology of social security and of the sociology of deviance in a line of temporal evolution;
- summarize the main theoretical and scientific aspects;
- define the limits of the discipline and identify its critical points.

3. MAKING JUDGMENTS
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- describe in sociological terms the characteristics of deviant social behavior and a situation of social insecurity;
- identify and use sociological variables in the evaluation of a behavior or a social situation;
- understand the intrinsically social dimension of the risk definition process, and of deviant behavior / subject

4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- use the scientific lexicon of the sociology of social security and the sociology of deviance in oral exposure and writing;
- discuss in public concepts, theories and social situations related to the perception of security and the definition of deviance;
- work in groups, sharing and exchanging the knowledge acquired in the field of social security sociology and the sociology of deviance.

5. LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- find and deepen independently the new scientific orientations regarding the sociology of social security and the sociology of deviance
- recover and deepen their sociological knowledge during the course of their scientific maturation process and along their professional path.