November 10th, 2025

Gameful Relating: How Young Offenders Gain Agency in Criminal Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice

The article “Gameful Relating: How Young Offenders Gain Agency in Criminal Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice” explores how young offenders in Denmark navigate rehabilitation and restorative justice through ‘gameful relating’.

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November 10th, 2025

The Policy of Refugee Reception and the Policing of Public Space in Paris

The essay by Marco Cremaschi and Tommaso Vitale forms the third chapter of the volume “City Makers and the Politics of Urban Diversity Governance: Comparative Approaches from Europe and Asia”. The study examines the policies of reception and integration of asylum seekers in Paris, offering an extensive reflection on the governance and control of urban public spaces.

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November 3rd, 2025

Youth and Deviance: An Analysis of Disordered and Delinquent Groups

The volume "Youth and Deviance: An Analysis of Disordered and Delinquent Groups", published in 2025 by PM Edizioni, explores the relationship between youth and deviance—a topic that is currently at the forefront of public and political debate in Italy.

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November 3rd, 2025

Perceived Procedural Justice, Criminal Identity, and Self-Concept Among Incarcerated Persons: The Indirect Effect of Prison Social Climate

The study shows that perceptions of fairness and the social climate within prisons strongly influence prisoners’ identities, reducing criminal identification and supporting the development of a more positive and prosocial sense of self.

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October 27th, 2025

Policing as social control: police officer perspectives on the policing of queer people in Kenya. Di Kamau Wairuri

The article “Policing as Social Control: Police Officer Perspectives on the Policing of Queer People in Kenya”, published in the journal Policing and Society presents a qualitative study based on interviews and focus groups with 33 police officers in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya. The study explores the perspectives and attitudes of Kenyan police toward queer individuals.

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October 27th, 2025

Bringing Together the Criminologies of Atrocity and Serious Economic Crimes

Andy Aydın-Aitchison’s article, “Bringing Together the Criminologies of Atrocity and Serious Economic Crimes”, highlights the value of combining the study of atrocities with that of serious economic crimes.

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October 20th, 2025

Dynamics of Staff–Prisoner Relationships: A Narrative Literature Review

In the chapter “Dynamics of Staff–Prisoner Relationships: A Narrative Literature Review”, Milena Milićević critically examines how relationships between prison staff and prisoners shape prison life.

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October 20th, 2025

How to Hold Space for Difficult Multicultural Conversations: A Restorative Approach

The article shows how restorative processes can turn difficult conversations into opportunities for institutional change and for strengthening students’ sense of agency.

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October 18th, 2025

Advanced Course in International Criminal Law and Judicial Cooperation on International Crimes

Enrollment is now open for the Advanced Course in "Diritto penale internazionale e cooperazione giudiziaria sui crimini internazionali” [International Criminal Law and Judicial Cooperation on International Crimes] at the University of Milan.

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October 13th, 2025

Public spaces protection orders and the policing of sub-criminal behaviour

The article “Public spaces protection orders and the policing of sub-criminal behaviour” presents a qualitative study conducted in England and Wales, drawing on 32 interviews with local authority employees and police officers responsible for enforcing Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs).

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