Economic and Financial Crime

The course aims to explore the characteristics of economic crime through a multidisciplinary analytical approach that combines the criminological perspective with that of economic sociology. The links between power, economics and crime will be explored, delving into the continuum between legal and illegal, that grey area where the 'criminality of the powerful' (state apparatus, large corporations, financial companies, professionals, etc.) seems to find its maximum expression. Through the analysis of case studies, the encounter between different criminal subjectivities will be investigated, from those of finance and big business, to the world of professions, up to mafia-type forms of organized crime.

Students are required to demonstrate that they have acquired adequate knowledge of the theories, concepts, authors, and topics covered by the part of the programme dealing with the analysis of case studies in relation to the analytical framework proposed within the course. The use of an adequate language and the ability to read, also in a critical manner, and to link together the transversal contents examined in depth during the course will be particularly appreciated.