27 research outputs found
La prevenzione
No full textIl contributo discute lo sviluppo della c.d. "nuova prevenzione" e in particolare della prevenzione sociale, comunitaria e situazionale. Attraverso un'analisi della letteratura internazionale sul tema, le caratteristiche e gli aspetti più rilevanti di queste tipologie di prevenzione vengono discussi e analizzati, anche in riferimento al loro utilizzo nell'ambito delle politiche di sicurezza urbana. Vengono presentati i fondamenti teorici di queste tipologie preventive, i loro limiti, e la loro evoluzione nel concetto a-tecnico di prevenzione integrata
Le criminologie della vita quotidiana
No full textIl contributo analizza e discute criticamente il concetto e i contenuti delle c.d. "Criminologie della vita quotidiana", un insieme di approcci alla criminalità caratterizzato dalla considerazione del crimine come evento normale delle routine quotidiane. Si discutono in particolare le teorie delle attività di routine, la criminologia ambientale, e le teorie delle opportunità.e la loro trasposizione nell'ambito italiano
State Repression of Pro-independence Mobilizations: The Case of Catalonia
No full textThe chapter aims to fill a gap in the studies on criminalization of dissent and protest, exploring the case of the Catalan movement for independence and self-determination in Spain, with a focus on cycles of protest and State repression before and, above all, after the referendum of October 1st, 2017. The chapter is based on ethnographic research I carried out for about five years, in different periods. I focus mostly on the features of the Catalan mobilization, its strong grassroots characteristics and the complex apparatus of criminalization and repression deployed by the Spanish state against grassroot activists and social and political leaders of the Catalan movement. The case shows both continuities and novelties when compared with other processes of criminalization and repression in both authoritarian and democratic contexts
Criminalising dissent: key themes and emerging trends
No full textThis chapter outlines the contribution this volume makes to the criminological and multi-disciplinary literature on the criminalisation of protest and dissent. It documents key trends and reflects on emerging issues. In particular, we discuss concepts and dynamics that are common to many chapters and are strikingly similar around the globe; these are the ‘continuum’ of the process of criminalisation and the complex ‘infrastructure’ of criminalisation of protest and dissent. We also discuss the implications of these dynamics for democracy and freedom, highlighting the absence of significant differences between the criminalisation of dissent and activism in long-term liberal democracies, democracies with a recent or less recent authoritarian past, hybrid or fragile democracies, and authoritarian contexts
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Criminalisation of Dissent in Times of Crisis /
No full textThis book provides a wide-ranging, global exploration of policies and practices which have sought to undermine dissent during recent and less recent social, political, economic and health 'crises'. Examining various cases of activism and opposition from both the Global North and the Global South, and drawing on multi-disciplinary insights, this book analyses the many ways in which state and non-state actors have targeted dissent, activism and protest, including by vulnerable groups. This includes strategies that have silenced dissenting opinions, restricted the right to protest, intensified policing practices and the surveillance of activists, imposed onerous administrative fines, criminalised and prosecuted dissenters, and even killed activists. Fundamentally, this volume considers 'criminalisation' as a process that develops on a continuum of control and repressive practices that aim to undermine dissent. It contributes to the broader discussion on criminalisation processes, policing, the rule of law, and the quality of our democracies. Anna Di Ronco is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Essex, UK. Rossella Selmini is Associate Professor of Criminology at the Department of Legal Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy
I protocolli di collaborazione con le forze di sicurezza
No full textIl contributo analizza e discute lo strumento dei "patti di collaborazione" sviluppato a partire dalla fine degli anni Novanta per formalizzare la collaborazione tra governo locale e governo centrale della sicurezza urbana. Aspetti problematici e ragioni della difficile e asimmetrica collaborazione vengono discussi, nel quadro dell'analisi delle forme di governo locale della sicurezza e della competizione istituzionale tra vari attori su questo campo di politiche pubbliche. Si evidenzia in particolare come i protocolli di collaborazione tendano, più che a una cooperazione reale, ad essere utilizzati come strumenti di natura simbolica per riaffermare e ristabilire i confini tra le diverse competenze e ruoli di attori pubblici della sicurezza
Progettare la sicurezza urbana
No full textIl contributo è dedicato alla progettazione di programmi di sicurezza urbana a livello locale, nel quadro degli studi sulle teorie e le tecniche di prevenzione. Si discutono le diverse misure di prevenzione e le tecniche progettuali affinché la combinazione delle diverse misure sia corrispondente al tipo di problemi di criminalità o di disordine urbano da affrontar
Thirty years of urban security policies in Italy: some reflections from a criminological perspective.
No full textThe term “urban security” appeared in Italy at the beginning of the 1990s, following new criminological approaches to community safety and crime prevention developed mostly by proponents of British Left Realism. The concept of urban security was the basis for a new public policy field, urban security policy (USP), originally characterized by a preventive approach and mostly promoted in Italy by local authorities. Around 2008, however, centralization began, and the national government started to define priorities and strategies. In parallel, interventions shifted towards a more punitive approach, based on a mix of administrative and criminal measures. This paper aims at taking stock of of the development of these policies, analyzing in particular in what ways they have been influenced and shaped by criminological theories and research findings. The focus is on some particularly significant issues: the crime-fear nexus, the relation between crime and migration, the shift from street crime to disorder and incivilities, which implies the shift to situational crime prevention measures, and the tension between local and national levels of urban security policies
‘Modernisation’ of institutions of social and penal control in Italy/Europe: the ‘new’ crime prevention
No full textThe first part of the contribution looks at the genealogy of a preoccupation with local crime prevention, of a non-penal nature, in Europe and more specifically in Italy. The second part looks at the current situation of (non-penal) crime prevention policies in Europe and Italy
