Digital Punishment, Lateral Surveillance & the Sex Offense Registry
The article shows how the digitalization of sex offense registries transforms an administrative measure into a regime of social and punitive control, with significant consequences for the lives of those involved.
Street youth gangs and groups: theoretical perspectives, interdisciplinary approaches, and empirical research
The volume Bande e gruppi giovanili di strada. Prospettive teoriche, approcci interdisciplinari e ricerca empirica (Street Youth Gangs and Groups: Theoretical Perspectives, Interdisciplinary Approaches, and Empirical Research) addresses the issue of so-called “youth gangs,” a topic that has become increasingly recurrent in public debate in Italy.
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.
Preventing Violence Against Women Between Compulsory Health Assessments and Public Shaming
The two central components of the Italian Bill 1517 reveal a profound sense of collective disorientation in the face of male violence against women. The legislative response appears to be an expressive and performative one, oscillating between preventive medical punishment and public shaming—offering little room for the layered, nuanced approaches that this deeply sensitive area of intervention requires.
Typology of Homicides in Uruguay
The report “Tipología de los homicidios en Uruguay” (Typology of Homicides in Uruguay) presents an analysis of lethal violence in Uruguay and provides an in-depth examination of the homicide classification system.
Urgent Call for Action on Juvenile Justice in Italy
We would like to highlight the Call launched by Antigone, Defense for Children Italia, and Libera, which denounces the dire state of juvenile justice in Italy and calls for urgent and decisive measures.
Young people, mafia power and trust in authority: knowing to act
On Monday, June 23, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, the webinar titled “Young people, mafia power and trust in authority: knowing to Act" will be held. This event is promoted by Avviso Pubblico, within the framework of the AP-profondimenti, in collaboration with the University of Milan and the Centre for Research in Criminology and Public Policy (CRIMePO).
The Mafia Presence in Lombardy
On Friday, June 20 at 10:30 AM, in the Sala Lauree of the Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Milan, the event “The Mafia Presence in Lombardy: Insights from Mafia and the Economy. Criminal Risk in Lombardy” will take place.
38th Congress of the Italian Society of Criminology
The 38th Congress of the Italian Society of Criminology will take place in Trento from October 16 to 18, 2025, under the theme “Criminologia nella società digitale. Sfide e confronti nel nuovo millennio" [Criminology in the Digital Society: Challenges and Debates in the New Millennium].
G. Valducci (2025), The Writing of the “Homo Criminalis” in Foucault: From “Fragments of Life” to Autobiography
Through a careful analysis of Michel Foucault’s thought, the paper explores the role of the written word in the construction of the delinquent individual and the possibility of it becoming a tool for discursive resistance.