September 15th, 2025

Elisa, the film inspired by the essay “I Wanted to Kill Her. For a Criminology of Encounter”

Starting September 5, 2025, Italian cinemas will screen “Elisa”, a film freely adapted from “Io volevo ucciderla. Per una criminologia dell’incontro” of Encounter by Adolfo Ceretti and Lorenzo Natali.

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September 15th, 2025

Police officers’ perceptions of citizens and support for procedural justice policing: the mediating roles of identity and self-legitimacy

The article “Police officers’ perceptions of citizens and support for procedural justice policing: the mediating roles of identity and self-legitimacy” investigates whether police officers’ perception of their community as supportive of the police is related to their support for procedural justice.

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September 08th, 2025

Inauguration of the Master’s Degree Programme Expert Facilitator for Restorative Justice in Criminal Matters (MERJ)

The University of Padova is inaugurating the Master’s Degree Programme MERJ – Expert Facilitator for Restorative Justice in Criminal Matters.

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September 08th, 2025

Statement of the Italian Association of Professors of Criminal Law on Violations of International Criminal Law in the Gaza Strip

The Italian Association of Professors of Criminal Law (AIPDP) expresses deep concern over the situation in the Gaza Strip, which is considered increasingly grave and intolerable.

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September 1st, 2025

Youth Political Participation in Italy: The Case of the Student Movement for Palestine

The article “Youth Political Participation in Italy: The Case of the Student Movement for Palestine” examines the role of a new generation of Italian students in the pro-Palestinian mobilization.

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September 1st, 2025

‘Parli l’italiano?’: Revealing hierarchies of non-citizenship in judicial practices through the lens of language proficiency

The article examines the linguistic marginalization of foreign defendants in Italian criminal courts, arguing that these dynamics of discursive power reinforce systemic structures of inequality.

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July 28th, 2025

A realist review on the police use of stop and search powers

The article “A realist review on the police use of stop and search powers” presents a realist review of 206 relevant studies from 21 countries on the use of stop and search by police in public spaces.

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July 28th, 2025

Is Satisfaction with Democracy Higher After Transitional Justice Trials?

Javier Padilla’s article explores whether trials within transitional justice increase citizens’ satisfaction with democracy.

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July 21st, 2025

Reducing Mass Atrocities Through Transitional Justice

The article by Claire Greenstein and David Muchlinski examines the effectiveness of transitional justice in preventing mass atrocities.

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July 21st, 2025

Breaking the Silence. Reflections on the Restorative Justice Movement’s Role during an Unfolding Genocide

In the article “Breaking the Silence. Reflections on the Restorative Justice Movement’s Role during an Unfolding Genocide”, Brunilda Pali and Borbala Fellegi critically reflect on the positions taken by the restorative justice movement during the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank.

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