How do minority positions shape women’s routes out of crime? Intersectional perspectives on female desistance
The article explores the role of minority positions in women's desistance through an intersectional perspective. It shows how discrimination, social recognition, and cultural belonging shape opportunities for leaving crime behind.
Carceral hegemony: Confinement, race and state formation in Italy
The article introduces the concept of “carceral hegemony” to examine the role of confinement in the formation of the Italian state. Through a historical-sociological perspective, it explores the relationship between punitive practices, national belonging, and processes of social exclusion.
Social Exclusion in the Lives of Terrorists: An Empirical Analysis
“Social Exclusion in the Lives of Terrorists: An Empirical Analysis” is a recent study published in The British Journal of Criminology and authored by Michaela Pfundmair, Ralf Pachurka, Philipp Späth, and Tom Witiska. Published online in May 2026, the article provides one of the first systematic empirical examinations of the role of social exclusion in pathways toward terrorism.
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.
Individual and contextual factors leading to engagement with paramilitary republican groups
The article examines, through 53 interviews, the social and personal factors that motivate some individuals in Northern Ireland to join republican paramilitary groups. By integrating different criminological theories, the author shows how historical injustices, economic marginalization and individual vulnerabilities intersect to facilitate recruitment.
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’.
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.