Lorenzo Natali – författare

This book brings the visual dimension of environmental crimes and harms into the field of green criminology. It shows how photographic images can provide a means for eliciting narratives from people who live in polluted areas – describing in detail and from their point of view what they know, think and feel about the reality in which they find themselves living.  Natali makes the argument for developing a visual approach for green criminology, with a single case-study as its central focus, revealing the importance of using photo elicitation to appreciate and enhance the reflexive and active role of social actors in the symbolic and social construction of their environmental experiences. Examining the multiple interactions between the images and the words used to describe the socio-environmental worlds in which we live, this book is a call to open the eyes of green criminology to wider and richer explorations of environmental harms and crimes. An innovative and engaging study, this text will be of particular interest to scholars of environmental crime and cultural, green and visual criminologies.

This book brings the visual dimension of environmental crimes and harms into the field of green criminology. It shows how photographic images can provide a means for eliciting narratives from people who live in polluted areas – describing in detail and from their point of view what they know, think and feel about the reality in which they find themselves living.  Natali makes the argument for developing a visual approach for green criminology, with a single case-study as its central focus, revealing the importance of using photo elicitation to appreciate and enhance the reflexive and active role of social actors in the symbolic and social construction of their environmental experiences. Examining the multiple interactions between the images and the words used to describe the socio-environmental worlds in which we live, this book is a call to open the eyes of green criminology to wider and richer explorations of environmental harms and crimes. An innovative and engaging study, this text will be of particular interest to scholars of environmental crime and cultural, green and visual criminologies.

What can we learn from those who have acted violently and what can be gained from giving them a voice? This book, translated from the Italian, takes readers inside the rarely heard world of violent offenders, exploring the story of Stefania Albertani who was convicted of killing her older sister without apparent motive. Through a series of searching interviews with two criminologists, buried memories surface and the dialogue uncovers the unique “cosmology” of her violent act.Moving beyond explanations rooted in social exclusion and mental illness, the book offers a rare insight into violent human behaviour and its causes. It also shows how dialogue can open new pathways toward restorative justice, challenging us to rethink what we know about violence.

Das Werk geht dem Problem der Entstehung krimineller Gewalt nach und setzt sie mit aktuellen Bedrohungsängsten in Politik und Gesellschaft in Beziehung. Auf der Grundlage der Theorie des amerikanischen Sozialpsychologen Lonnie Athens setzen die Autoren sich mit der einschlägigen Literatur auseinander. Der Band enthält daneben Interviews mit kriminellen Gewalttätern und analysiert Filme über die Entstehung von Gewalt („Dogville“, „Bowling für Columbine“). Schließlich werden Möglichkeiten des Abbaus von Gewaltkonflikten erörtert, für welche Adolfo Ceretti als Koordinator des Amtes für Mediation von Mailand besonders gute Voraussetzungen mitbringt.

Das Werk geht dem Problem der Entstehung krimineller Gewalt nach und setzt sie mit aktuellen Bedrohungsängsten in Politik und Gesellschaft in Beziehung. Auf der Grundlage der Theorie des amerikanischen Sozialpsychologen Lonnie Athens setzen die Autoren sich mit der einschlägigen Literatur auseinander. Der Band enthält daneben Interviews mit kriminellen Gewalttätern und analysiert Filme über die Entstehung von Gewalt („Dogville“, „Bowling für Columbine“). Schließlich werden Möglichkeiten des Abbaus von Gewaltkonflikten erörtert, für welche Adolfo Ceretti als Koordinator des Amtes für Mediation von Mailand besonders gute Voraussetzungen mitbringt.