Beyond the barriers: Analyzing implementation, consequences, and coping mechanisms of collective punishment in Palestine
The article analyzes the impact of collective punishments imposed by Israel on Palestinians, highlighting psychological trauma, social fragmentation, and economic hardship, as well as the resilience of communities through solidarity and cultural and practical adaptation strategies.
G. Valducci (2025), Critique of the Ideal Victim, and Restorative Justice: from a Discourse on (Ideal) Victims to a Discourse of The (Real) Victim
The article critically examines the concept of the “ideal victim” and its pervasive role in contemporary public discourse (both political and media-related). While this discourse denies recognition to certain “real” victims (individuals perceived as outsiders and marginalized), restorative justice emerges as a paradigm capable of deconstructing this form of discursivity.
The Meeting Between Victims and the Actors of the 1970s Armed Struggle
On April 10, 2024, an event titled “The Meeting Between Victims and the Actors of the 1970s Armed Struggle” will take place—an engaging dialogue between a sociologist and criminologist, the son of one of Aldo Moro’s bodyguards who was killed in the Via Fani ambush, and a former member of the Red Brigades.