RESEARCH AREA

Restorative practices in contexts of mass human rights violations

Restorative justice, transitional justice, and the possible connections between them.

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RESEARCH AREA

Observatory on criminal and security legislation

The Observatory is developing a continuously updated database to track the numbers, types, content, and overall scope of punitive legislative acts passed by the Italian legislature. Additionally, it aims to publish an annual report on the evolution of criminal and security legislation in Italy.

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PSR

The Use of Force and Its Limits in the Penitentiary Context

The research, funded through PSR grants by the University of Milan, aims to explore the challenges surrounding the use of force in the prison system by gathering the experiences and perspectives of prison staff.

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PRIN PNRR

The Determinants of Urban Security Policies

The project aims to identify the reasons behind the rise of increasingly punitive security policies over the past thirty years. Specifically, it empirically examines bottom-up models (policies as a response to citizen demands) and top-down models (policies as a tool used by elites to shape public opinion) to determine which is more explanatory of the Italian context.

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PRIN 2022

Police and Youth with Migrant Backgrounds in the San Siro District of Milan

The study investigates the relationship between young people with a migrant background and the police through a mixed-method research approach in the San Siro district of Milan.

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