Women in Policing: Pioneering Experiences in Contemporary Italy
The book Donne in polizia. Esperienze di avanguardia nell’Italia contemporanea (il Mulino, 2026) by Rossella Selmini explores the entry and role of women in the Italian police forces, a field historically dominated by men.
detail“I Don’t Believe You Anymore”. The eighth report by Associazione Antigone on juvenile justice in Italy
The eighth report by Associazione Antigone on juvenile justice in Italy, titled “Io non ti credo più” (“I Don’t Believe You Anymore”), examines the current state of the juvenile criminal justice system and the transformations it has undergone in recent years. Through the analysis of official data, monitoring activities, and direct observation in Juvenile Detention Centers (IPM), the report reconstructs the evolution of the system, offering an updated overview of detention conditions, institutional practices, and the main critical issues that have emerged within these facilities.
detailSecurity Decree (Decree-Law No. 23 of 24 February 2026): A Brief Analysis of Criminal and Procedural Law Aspects
Decree-Law No. 23 of 24 February 2026 – the recently adopted so-called “Security Decree” – introduces a number of measures affecting different areas of the legal system: the contribution by Pietro Bernardoni, published on Sistema Penale, aims to provide an initial overview of the main innovations concerning criminal and procedural law, accompanied by specific observations on the most critical issues.
detailJailization: Entering the lobby to the US criminal legal system
The article introduces the concept of jailization to explain how local jail detention operates as an entry point into the US criminal legal system. It shows how even short-term confinement can produce enduring structural effects in processes of criminalization.
detailThe research report “Police and Social Change: The Challenges of Ethnicity in Contemporary Italy” has been published
The research report “Police and social change: the challenges of ethnicity in contemporary Italy” and the related policy briefs drafted by the Research Unit of the University of Milan have been published as part of the project “Police and social change: the challenges of gender and ethnicity in contemporary Italy”, which examined the relations between the police and young people with a migrant background in the San Siro district of Milan.
detailSocial demand or political strategy? The final report of the research project “The Determinants of Urban Security Policies” has been published
The report of the research project “The Determinants of Urban Security Policies” is now available. The report investigates the factors underlying the emergence in Italy, since the 1990s, of the “urban security issue” and the related public policies.
detailThe politics of rehabilitation within Chinese community corrections
The article, combining theoretical analysis with ethnographic research, examines the system of community-based sanctions in China as an expression of a transformation in punitive power, in which rehabilitation is intertwined with new forms of state control.
detailThe ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Refers Italy to the Assembly of States Parties for Failure to Cooperate in the Almasri Case
In the article “The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Refers Italy to the Assembly of States Parties for Failure to Cooperate in the Almasri Case,” published in Sistema Penale, Chantal Meloni reviews the decision of 26 January 2026 by Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court, which referred Italy to the Assembly of States Parties for failure to cooperate in the case of Osama Almasri Njeem.
detailRestorative Justice and Legal Pluralism in Indonesia: Implications for Atrocity Crimes and Global Criminal Justice Reform
The article proposes a model that integrates restorative justice with Indonesian legal pluralism to address the limitations of retributive approaches to atrocity crimes.
detailPerforming Rehabilitation: Reentry, Art, and Identity
The study examines the role of a community-based theater program in the social reintegration of individuals recently released from prison in the United States
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