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Guido Travaini1, Palmina Caruso2, Isabella Merzagora3
1Medicina Legale, Facoltà di Medicina, Università Vita e Salute San Raffaele Milano. travaini.guido@unisr.it.
Background:
The beginning of 2020 has been marked by a historic event of worldwide importance: the Coronavirus pandemic. This emergency has resulted in severe global problems affecting areas such as healthcare and the social and economic fields. What about crime?
Purpose Of The Work:
The purpose of this work is to reflect about Italy and its crime rate at the time of Coronavirus.
Methods:
Some crimes will be analysed (the "conventional" ones only, ruling out health-related offences) in the light of data resulting from Ministries and Europol reports, as well as from newspapers and news.
Results And Conclusions:
The outcome will be explained, and some criminological remarks will be added.
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