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.
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.
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.
A Reassessment of the De Maria Case Through the Lens of Fiduciary Principles
Starting from the case of Emanuele De Maria, which has been the subject of much public debate in recent days, the text invites reflection on the fact that, while encouraging data on successful releases cannot "heal" the pain of victims and their families, they nonetheless clearly highlight that any reform of the penitentiary system must be grounded in a framework of trust.
The Meeting Between Victims and the Actors of the 1970s Armed Struggle
On April 10, 2024, an event titled “The Meeting Between Victims and the Actors of the 1970s Armed Struggle” will take place—an engaging dialogue between a sociologist and criminologist, the son of one of Aldo Moro’s bodyguards who was killed in the Via Fani ambush, and a former member of the Red Brigades.
Juvenile Delinquency: Data, Challenges, and Intervention Strategies. Prof. Roberto Cornelli on TGR Buongiorno Regione
Today, Roberto Cornelli, Full Professor of Criminology at the University of Milan and director of CRIMePO, was invited to discuss juvenile delinquency on TGR Buongiorno Regione, Lombardy edition.
R. Cornelli, O. Binik, L. Natali (2020), When 'Message Laws' Create Perpetual Panic: the Case of Sex Offenders Registries
This contribution defines ‘Megan’s Laws’ as ‘message laws’, that is, those penal laws that carry a message not only coherent with the cultural impetus supporting their adoption but also anticipating something that is not (yet) acceptable to manifest openly inWestern politics.