This book offers a sustained study of one feature of the prison officer's job: the threat and use
of force, which the author calls 'doing'coercion. Adopting an interactionist, micro-sociological …

This study analyses success and failure of educational process for immigrant minors and
young adults in detention facilities in Italy. The analysis includes unaccompanied foreign …

The contribution focuses, with reference to Italy, on the interplay between professional
cultures in the field of the prison and tries to describe how the normative characteristics …

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 …

1. Introduzione.–2. La pervasività della dimensione sanitaria nel penitenziario.–3. La
pandemia tra le mura del carcere: impatto, effetti e reazioni.–4. Razionalità situate e conflitto …

Recent studies have emphasized that silence is a fundamental element in meditative
practices for stress relief, well-being, and stimulating faith in the future. This study describes …

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 …

The authors of this contribution have undertaken research in the socio-criminological sphere
from a critical and deconstructive perspective, focusing on the relationship between criminal …

Il carcere è un'istituzione tendenzialmente conservatrice. Mentre le istituzioni del passato
sono state abolite (si pensi ai manicomi) o profondamente ripensate (come nel caso degli …