Rome, “Stalking – you can defeat it” by Antonio Russo presented at Montecitorio.
With the term "Stalking”, in the criminological field, indicates a series of behaviors carried out by a person (stalker) which aim to persecute the victim, causing a state of anxiety and fear. The etymology of the name derives from the English “to stalk” which, literally, would find its translation in “to do the post” and, therefore, “lurk”- The action identifiable as “stalking” entered criminal law with law decree no. 11/2009 (converted by law n. 38/2009) which introduced art. 612-bis of the Criminal Code, the crime of "persecutory acts", which punishes those who "through repeated conduct, threaten or harass someone in such a way as to cause a persistent and serious state of anxiety or fear or to generate a well-founded fear for safety". own or of a close relative or of a person linked to the same by an emotional relationship or by forcing the same to alter their life habits". The persecutory attitude, regulated by the law included in Chapter III of Title XII CPE sometimes identified with the name "nagging harasser syndrome", can be configured - in the practical aspect - as a pattern of voluntary behavior, repeated and/or promulgated over time and causing psychological or physical harm to the victim. The discipline involved in the study of this phenomenon has identified some types of stalking which include cyber stalking, occupational stalking, F/M stalking and FF/MM stalking. This attitude, punishable under the penal code, affects men in a much smaller percentage than women but, whenever it is implemented, it causes the same damage. In terms of profiling, the stalker could be configured as the "rejected", i.e. the one who is desperately looking for one last contact with the victim, and is, generally, the most aggressive; the "predator", i.e. the one who targets the victim to capture him and exercise violence with the aim of inflicting damage on the latter and the "sadist/voyeuristic" who is gratified in controlling the victim and assists in psychological and physical violence. Typically writes more letters, sends more gifts, harasses longer. Inadequate: suitor without a chance, with poor social and intellectual skills, desperate for partners. Resentful: enraged by the belief of having been wronged (often suffers from paranoid personality disorder), generally at low risk of violence. It is estimated that 21,5% of women between 16 and 70 years old (equal to 2 million 151 thousand) have suffered persecutory behavior from an ex-partner during their lifetime. If we consider the women who have suffered persecutory acts several times, these are 15,3%, while those who have suffered stalking in its most serious forms are 9,9%. Over the course of one's life, stalking suffered by other people is instead 10,3%, for a total of approximately 2 million 229 thousand women. Overall, therefore, there are approximately 3 million 466 thousand women who have suffered stalking by any perpetrator, equal to 16,1% of women. During the 12 months before the interview (in 2014), there were 147 thousand victims of stalking by ex-partners, 1,5% of women. Of these, around 81 thousand have broken up with their partner in the last 12 months. There are 478 thousand (2,2%) who declare that they have suffered it from other people. In cases of perpetrator other than an ex-partner, women have been stalked by acquaintances (in 4,2% of cases), strangers (3,8%), friends or classmates (1,3%), colleagues or employers from work (1,1%), from relatives and partners with whom the woman had a relationship at the time of the interview (both in 0,2% of cases). The perpetrators of stalking are male in 85,9% of cases compared to 14,1% of females. Unfortunately, in 78% of cases, an obscure figure is recorded regarding stalking given by the renunciation of reporting the phenomenon by the victims who do not resort to the help of competent authorities which include, for example, the anti-violence help desk or the social. The latest book masterpiece by criminologist Antonio Russo, entitled “Stalking Defeating it can be possible”, published by I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni di Stefano Donno, focuses precisely on this theme.
Notes on the author
Antonio Russo was born in Tricase il 7 March 1970 and returned to Maglie, in the province of Lecce. A civil servant by profession, he is an expert in listening to and supporting victims of violence. After obtaining the diploma as an electronic expert, on 24 June 2017 Antonio Russo received an honorary degree in Social Sciences from the Santa Fides Academy and then obtained the title of doctor in Political Sciences and International Relations from the Niccolò Cusano University in who obtained a first level Master's degree in “Criminology and Temporary Security. A further qualification and training was obtained in May 2020 with the 2017st level academic Master's degree in "Nutritional socio-counseling, holistic approach for social experts in conscious nutrition" which was released by the Association of Italian Sociologists. Antonio Russo received a certificate of competence in "Analysis and violent crimes" and was commended with the Accreditation Training certification "Criminal Profiling Stalking and Feminicide". Author of the books "Stop Stalking...How to defend yourself" (2018); “Stalking – La Gabbia” published by IQdB Edizioni (2022); he received fourteen national and international mentions and primacies including that of the Panorama Internationale Litterature for which he was classified as the only Italian winner. He also received the World Award for non-violence at the Galatea Golden 2022. There are many awards for his social commitment. The last recognition also in XNUMX by the Academia Mundial de Literatura Moderna Costarricense in the person of its president Alondra Gutierrez, the vice-president Marco Leandro as well as Dr. Harling Angetetti, Guss Quiròz and Isis Gutierrez.
Editor's notes
Stefano Donno (1975) graduated in Philosophy in 2005 from the University of Lecce. In February 2013 he received an HC Degree in Juridical Science from Moscow University Sancti Nicolai. His contributions and critical essays have appeared since 2001 in philosophical and literary journals, in periodicals of national and international importance such as Quaderno di Italianistica della Yale University (New Haven, USA), Poesia di Crocetti Editore, L'Unità, Stilos, l 'Ulysses, Imagination, Archè, Signs and Understanding. He has published: Sturm and Pulp (Lecce, 1998); Edoardo De Candia, out-of-date considerations (Lecce, 1999); If Hank Had Met Anais (Lecce, 1999); Monologue (Copertino, 2001); Sliding Zone (Lecce, 2002); L'Altro Novecento – young Salento literature from 1992 to 2004 (San Cesario, 2004); Hieratico Poietico (Nardò, 2008); Dermica per verse (Faloppio, 2009); Mendica Historia (with Sandro Ciurlia, Lecce, 2010); Mystical Body (Rome, 2010); Price list of the renowned pleasure house (with Anna Chiriatti, Martignano, 2011); A Sud del Sud dei Santi edited by Michelangelo Zizzi (Faloppio, 2013), Nerocavo (Copertino, 2014); Brief Commentary on the Smeraldina table (Lecce, 2017), the ebooks The shapeless threshold, I'm afraid of poets, The ballad of the low profile (2020), Shapeless identities... where there are no hands with Mauro Marino (2021). His poems appear in prestigious anthologies of national and international importance and have been translated into Korean by Prof. Kim Kooseul of the Korean University. He is the editor of I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni and receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Europa in Versi Festival directed by Laura Garavaglia in 2021
In Art – He exhibited his works of mystical energy in the XIII Contemporary Art Day for AMACI ((Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums) in October 2017 at Overeco Academy and Workshop in Lecce; he participates with his works in the contemporary art collective curated by Monica Ferrarini in Rome entitled “Nothing but Art” at Palazzo Velli Expò (27 September/3 October 2017), he participates with his works in the contemporary art collective curated by Monica Ferrarini in Rome at the Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana entitled “Immagini s-velate” (2/6 December 2017); he participates with his works in the contemporary art collective “Replay/il vice dell'error” in Giarre in Sicily from 7 to 17 December 2017 curated by Benedetta Spagnuolo. From 11 to 19 January 2018 he exhibited his works for the first time at the Palmieri Foundation in Lecce. He participates in the 38th AD-ART online contemporary art competition. He is included in the 2018 edition of the National Catalog of contemporary art L'Elite 2018 Artitalia Edizioni di Roberto Perdicaro and in the 2018 Artists' Agenda published by Libreria Bocca editions Milano. In May 2018 he exhibited his first solo exhibition in Lombardy at the Casa delle Art - Alda Merini Museum House and in July 2018 he participated in the "Salento Arte Award" for Contemporary Art where the jury is chaired by Prof. Carlo Franza, Historian of Modern Art and Contemporary and Art Critic of “Il Giornale” (The exhibition was held in Lucugnano – Palazzo Comi)
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