Starting from the law of criminal saturation in relation to the multifactorial causes of crimes, the article focuses on the penal substitutes that compensate for a lack of fair punishments and encourage the social defense against crime. The concepts of punishability and penalty lead us to the comparison between the classical and positive criminological schools. Ferri is one of the most famous representatives of the positive school, but in his works he introduces discordant and innovative elements. In order to examine social prevention, the article will focus on Ferri’s suggestions in economic, political, scientific, legal/administrative, religious, domestic, educational fields. Moving from the innovations introduced by Ferri’s work, urban design experts developed during the following years new items in order to affect insecurity perception and consequently improve the quality of life. The aim of the article is to highlight the correlations between Ferri’s theorization and the practical suggestions proposed by the sociologists of the Chicago School and other researchers (Angel, Newman, Jacobs, Jeffery, Wilson and Kelling) in order to demonstrate the relevance and modernity of the situational prevention crime theory. Finally, it will be presented a reflection about contemporary implementations and future perspectives
Muovendo dalla legge di saturazione criminosa con attenzione alla multi-fattorialità causale del delitto, l’articolo si concentra sui sostitutivi penali, che compensano la mancanza di pene adeguate e promuovono la difesa sociale. I concetti di punibilità e pena portano al confronto tra scuola classica e scuola positiva di criminologia, all’interno della quale Enrico Ferri si inserisce pur presentando elementi dissonanti ed innovativi. L’analisi dei sostitutivi penali proposti da Ferri in diversi ambiti (economico, politico, scientifico, legislativo/amministrativo, religioso, famigliare e educativo) sarà propedeutica all’esame della prevenzione sociale. Gli elementi innovativi individuati da Ferri sono stati sviluppati negli anni successivi da specialisti del design urbano per incidere sulla percezione di (in)sicurezza e di conseguenza sulla qualità della vita. Obiettivo dell’articolo è mettere in luce la correlazione tra la teorizzazione di Ferri e gli accorgimenti pratici di studiosi quali gli Ecologi di Chicago, Angel, Newman, Jacobs, Jeffery, Wilson e Kelling e così mostrare l’importanza e l’attualità della prevenzione situazionale del crimine. Uno spazio di riflessione verrà, infine, dedicato ad implementazioni contemporanee e prospettive future.
Agli albori della prevenzione situazionale: l’attualità dei sostitutivi penali di Enrico Ferri
Natalia Coppolino and Natalia Coppolino
2022-01-01
Abstract
Starting from the law of criminal saturation in relation to the multifactorial causes of crimes, the article focuses on the penal substitutes that compensate for a lack of fair punishments and encourage the social defense against crime. The concepts of punishability and penalty lead us to the comparison between the classical and positive criminological schools. Ferri is one of the most famous representatives of the positive school, but in his works he introduces discordant and innovative elements. In order to examine social prevention, the article will focus on Ferri’s suggestions in economic, political, scientific, legal/administrative, religious, domestic, educational fields. Moving from the innovations introduced by Ferri’s work, urban design experts developed during the following years new items in order to affect insecurity perception and consequently improve the quality of life. The aim of the article is to highlight the correlations between Ferri’s theorization and the practical suggestions proposed by the sociologists of the Chicago School and other researchers (Angel, Newman, Jacobs, Jeffery, Wilson and Kelling) in order to demonstrate the relevance and modernity of the situational prevention crime theory. Finally, it will be presented a reflection about contemporary implementations and future perspectivesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


