L. Squillace (2026), Youth and Authority: Trust in Law Enforcement in San Siro
The chapter Youth and Authority: Trust in Law Enforcement in San Siro is part of the volume “Youth, Trust and Deviance: Understanding to Intervene in Peripheral Areas” and presents preliminary findings from a study conducted in the San Siro neighborhood of Milan, aimed at examining the relationship between young people with a migrant background and law enforcement agencies.
R. Cornelli, I. Sales (eds.) (2026), Youth, Trust and Deviance: Understanding to Intervene in Peripheral Areas
The volume Giovani, fiducia e devianza nelle periferie. Conoscere per intervenire, edited by Roberto Cornelli and Isaia Sales, seeks to examine not only what occurs when the relationship of trust between young people, institutions, and communities deteriorates—particularly in peripheral areas—but also how effective interventions can be developed, drawing on concrete experiences.
A. Ceretti, R. Cornelli (2026) For a Possible Peace: Responsibility, Justice, and Repair in the Time of Wars
In a time when war is once again becoming the everyday language of politics and of our collective imagination, Ceretti and Cornelli offer a radical, countercurrent reflection: is peace still thinkable? And under what conditions?
R. Cornelli et al. (2026), The influence of delegitimization on prison officers’ readiness to use force
The article “The influence of delegitimization on prison officers’ readiness to use force”, by Roberto Cornelli, Chiara Chisari, Fabio Ferretti, and Oriana Binik, examines the factors shaping prison officers’ readiness to use force.
G. Valducci (2025), Critique of the Ideal Victim, and Restorative Justice: from a Discourse on (Ideal) Victims to a Discourse of The (Real) Victim
The article critically examines the concept of the “ideal victim” and its pervasive role in contemporary public discourse (both political and media-related). While this discourse denies recognition to certain “real” victims (individuals perceived as outsiders and marginalized), restorative justice emerges as a paradigm capable of deconstructing this form of discursivity.
L. Squillace et al. (2025), Quality of relationships, interactions with leadership, and the use of force in the prison context. Findings from two surveys on prison officers
The study presents the results of two surveys conducted in the prisons of Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, and the Aosta Valley, examining the relationship between the quality of workplace interactions among Prison Police officers, perceptions of institutional delegitimization, and the readiness to use force.
C. Chisari (2025), Gender-Sensitive Reparation through Art: Hammering Suffering at Fragmentos
The article examines the concept of gender-sensitive reparation within the framework of transitional justice, with particular attention to the potential of art as a form of symbolic reparation for women survivors of conflict.
M. Caslini (2025), How Does the State’s Obligation to Prevent Genocide Overlap with and Differ from that of Offering Guarantees of Its Non-Recurrence?
The article of Martina Caslini, “How Does the State’s Obligation to Prevent Genocide Overlap with and Differ from that of Offering Guarantees of Its Non-Recurrence?” explores the relationship between a state’s obligation to prevent genocide and its obligation to offer guarantees of its non-repetition. Despite their formal distinction, the study demonstrates significant intersections in practice, addressing a largely neglected area of international law that is especially timely amid ongoing debates on state responsibility and transitional justice.
R. Cornelli (2025), The protection of authority as central axis of Italian criminal Policy
The protection of authority - addressed in more than one-third of the legislative text - emerges as the central axis of the entire package and a defining feature of a criminal policy that risks destabilizing the democratic balance between authority and individual freedoms
R. Cornelli (2025), Towards Authoritarian Democracies? Paradoxes, assumptions, and trends in contemporary security policies
Is it accurate to claim that Italian society is facing such a substantial rise in violence and insecurity that urgent, emergency measures are warranted? Furthermore, what are the broader implications of such security policies for democratic governance and the rule of law?