issue 1 XXIII

Starting from a research project undertaken in three Italian prisons, the essay is a sociological analysis on the multiethnic prison context. The study exposes the ways in which prison administration tries to manage the basic needs and necessities proper to a multicultural and pluri-religious prison population, highlighting deficiencies and concerns. Specific paragraphs examine the prison […]

The judiciary inquiry named Mafia Capitale or Middle-earth, which has launched a lively debate at several levels since 2014, finished his judicial process in October 2019. According to the judges, this was not a mafia-type criminal association. This article aims to contribute to the debate from a linguistic point of view, trying to analyse how

The article presents the result of a qualitative research into organized crime and corruption in the Italian port system. It is a first attempt to outline the presence and activities of organized crime groups in the seaports through the analysis of institutional reports provided by the italian Antimafia Parliamentary Commission (Cpa). The results show that