Festival of Criminal Justice
The Festival of Criminal Justice is a cultural and academic event dedicated to promoting knowledge of issues related to criminal law and criminal procedure. The 2026 edition, the seventh of the festival, will take place from 14 to 17 May in several cities in the province of Modena, including Modena, Carpi, Sassuolo, Mirandola, Formigine, and Pavullo nel Frignano.
Research Handbook on Penal Policy
The “Research Handbook on Penal Policy” explores the processes through which penal policies are developed, contested, and transformed, examining how punitive strategies evolve and why national systems tend to converge in some areas while diverging in others.
‘I sit somewhere in that sort of sweet spot’: Liminal legitimacy in criminal justice practice
The article explores the role of lived experience professionals in building trust and legitimacy in criminal justice, introducing the concept of “liminal legitimacy”. It shows how lived experience operates as both a relational resource and a fragile position within disciplinary systems.
National Study Day “Punishing Young People”
Registrations are now open for the National Study Day “Punishing Young People”, taking place on Friday, May 22, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Padua Correctional Facility.
Jailization: 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.
The 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.
Performing 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
The Offence of Femicide in the Italian Criminal Code: Chronicle of a Foretold Controversy
In the article “Il reato di femminicidio nel codice penale italiano: cronaca di una controversia annunciata”, published in Diritto penale contemporaneo – rivista trimestrale, Emanuele Corn critically examines the process that led to the introduction of the offence of femicide into the Italian Criminal Code, situating the domestic debate within a broader comparative framework and focusing on the theoretical and systematic implications of the new offence.
Trapped in dichotomies and individualism: The Western criminal legal system’s failure to capture complexity
The article offers a critique of Western penal systems, highlighting how rigid dichotomies and an individualistic approach prevent a full understanding of the complexity of criminalization experiences.
Selective mechanism: the criminal justice treatment of drug offenses. The case of Rio de Janeiro
The research report Engrenagem seletiva: o tratamento penal dos crimes de drogas. O caso do Rio de Janeiro (Selective Mechanism: The Criminal Justice Treatment of Drug-Related Offenses . The Case of Rio de Janeiro) presents the findings of an original study on the application of the Drug Law in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Law No. 11,343/2006). The analysis was based on 2,567 first-instance court cases with final judgments, adjudicated between 2022 and 2023, and demonstrates how selectivity is particularly pronounced in the enforcement of the Drug Law.