This paper intends to analyse the development of the legal category of the association of malefactors in post-unification Italy (1861-1890). The figure of the malefactor has not only been studied from the point of view of criminal legislation, but by referring to the socio-cultural imaginary that this criminal figure generated in the political-judicial discourse of the time. The malefactoris rightfully part of the debate on the criminalisation processes against the so-called ‘dangerous classes’. However, the legal category of the wrongdoer appeared very fluid, adapting itself to the liberal state’s objectives of maintaining public order in the difficult post-unification years until the crisis at the end of the century.

L’associazione di malfattori : tra categoria giuridica e prassi criminale nell’Italia alle soglie dell’Unità

Ricci Federico
2023

Abstract

This paper intends to analyse the development of the legal category of the association of malefactors in post-unification Italy (1861-1890). The figure of the malefactor has not only been studied from the point of view of criminal legislation, but by referring to the socio-cultural imaginary that this criminal figure generated in the political-judicial discourse of the time. The malefactoris rightfully part of the debate on the criminalisation processes against the so-called ‘dangerous classes’. However, the legal category of the wrongdoer appeared very fluid, adapting itself to the liberal state’s objectives of maintaining public order in the difficult post-unification years until the crisis at the end of the century.
2023
Settore IUS/19 - Storia del Diritto Medievale e Moderno
Settore M-STO/04 - Storia Contemporanea
malfattore, giustizia penale, criminalità
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