Criminogenesi, vittimizzazione familiare e criminalità organizzata nel gioco d’azzardo

Titolo Rivista SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Autori/Curatori Mauro Croce, Maurizio Fiasco, Sara Sbaragli
Anno di pubblicazione 2022 Fascicolo 2022/1
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 18 P. 73-90 Dimensione file 257 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2022-001007
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L’intervento è volto a cogliere nel particolare lo sviluppo delle relazioni crimo-gene e vittimologiche che l’azzardo produce, al fine di elaborare una significativa banca dati sulla relazione fra "gioco", "giocatori" e "ambiente di riferimento". Attraverso un’analisi di secondo livello della letteratura scientifica di riferimento, l’articolo costituisce una disamina sulle componenti criminologiche e vittimologiche: la prima, attinente ai reati commessi giocando in contesti o con modalità ritenuti dal sistema giuridico di riferimento come illegali; un’altra, più importante di-mensione, riguarda il gioco d’azzardo come fattore di criminogenesi, per il giocatore problematico si trova a compiere reati per finanziare le proprie puntate (furto, rapine, riciclaggio, prostituzione) o per favorire il risultato (truffe); ed ancora, i comportamenti di gioco problematico come causa dei processi di vittimizzazione che coinvolgono nello specifico i figli dei giocatori d’azzardo (maltrattamento, abuso, abbandono di minore); in ultimo, il gioco d’azzardo come estrinsecazione, favoreggiamento, attività ai fini commerciali (leciti e non) della criminalità organizzata.;

Keywords:gioco d’azzardo; criminogenesi; vittimizzazione familiare; criminalità organizzata.

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Mauro Croce, Maurizio Fiasco, Sara Sbaragli, Criminogenesi, vittimizzazione familiare e criminalità organizzata nel gioco d’azzardo in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 1/2022, pp 73-90, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2022-001007