Author URLs
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-30-2015
Subject: LCSH
Culture conflict, Criminal law
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract
Because of recent and rapid increases in immigration rates, Italy has been confronted with new forms of cultural conflicts. Cultural conflicts have resulted in cultural offenses; these are acts committed and promoted by people belonging to a minority culture that are considered to be offenses by the majority controlled legal system. In addition to defining cultural offenses and presenting defenses that are presented when cultural offenses are tried, this paper highlights pros, cons and potential pitfalls of considering culture under Italian law. Finally, suggestions to improve legal considerations of cultural diversity in Italy are presented; specifically the creation of laws to exculpate offenders of minor cultural offenses, the prioritization of justifications over excuses as a legal defense, and mitigated punishments in cases of major cultural offenses.
DOI
10.6000/1929-4409.2015.04.15
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Repository Citation
Muzzica, Raffaele; Tamborra, Tracy; and Amarelli, Giuseppe, "Emerging Cultural Conflicts in Italy: A Challenge for Criminal Law" (2015). Criminal Justice Faculty Publications. 16.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/criminaljustice-facpubs/16
Publisher Citation
Muzzica, R., Tamborra, T. L., Amarelli, G. (2015). Emerging cultural conflicts in Italy: A challenge for criminal law. International Journal of Sociology and Criminology, 4, 141 - 153.
Comments
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