This paper presents a qualitative study exploring the concept of esprit de corps in prison
officers (POs), through the interpretative lens of Social Identity Theory. The study relies on …

The article explores how fatherhood in prison is conceived and supported by policy
intervention in Italy. Despite the fact that, in 2020, 96% of adults detained in Italian prisons …

This contribution aims to explore the tension between the juridical dimension of the prison
system and the everyday practices that take place within it. The article focus on prison …

Nonostante il lavoro scientifico di Pierre Bourdieu abbia avuto un grande impatto su svariate
discipline delle scienze sociali, nell'ambito della sociologia del diritto, della devianza e della …

This article presents a socio-legal reflection on the role of the Italian supervisory judge in
shaping the prison moral environment. The Italian supervisory judges (“magistrati di …

This chapter reconstructs the first steps towards the development and adoption of a Convict
Criminology (CC) approach inside the Italian social sciences. More specifically, it explores …

Grounded in Bourdieu's field theory and drawing from qualitative research conducted in a
Northern Italy prison, this study aims to investigate how prisoners strategically utilize the law …

Taking the case of prison healthcare reform in Italy as an empirical basis, the article explores
the ways in which legal intervention is materialized in the social relations, cultural horizons …

This chapter argues that Convict Criminology has played a major role in posing the
necessity to rely on the “first-hand experience” of prisoners for the production of scientific …

This paper examines critical issues that arose during an innovative educational initiative
directed at inmate students, offering both a reflective analysis of prison living conditions and …