I. Berlingerio

Bio: I. Berlingerio is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Suggestibility & Witness. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 5 publications receiving 8 citations.

“Cuore oltre le sbarre”: studio pilota sulla paternità in carcere

Abstract: Nato all’interno del progetto “Cuore Oltre Le Sbarre”, finanziato nell’ambito dei Progetti Speciali ed Innovativi dalla “Fondazione CON IL SUD”, con la collaborazione di diversi Enti ed Agenzie pubbliche e private coordinate dalla capofila Sportello ELP a.p.s., volte al sostegno socio-sanitario dei nuclei familiari e dei figli di detenuti presso la Casa Circondariale di Turi (BA), il presente contributo descrive le risultanze scientifiche dell’intervento svolto su padri detenuti. Ai partecipanti del gruppo sperimentale e stata somministrata una batteria psicodiagnostica volta all’accertamento dell’autopercezione del ruolo genitoriale e dell’assetto psicologico, emotivo e relazionale. Sono stati utilizzati MMPI-2, POMS, ARP, somministrati prima dell’inizio delle attivita connesse al progetto (T0), e a fine progetto (T1); i risultati sono stati poi confrontati con un gruppo di controllo. La bassa numerosita del campione non consente generalizzazioni di elevata tenuta statistica, ma dallo studio e possibile estrarre considerazioni e promettenti risultati preliminari che sottolineano l’importanza di promuovere e sostenere la dimensione della paternita per i detenuti ed i loro nuclei familiari.

La violenza morale e psicologica sul minore nelle coppie separate: la Sindrome di Alienazione Genitoriale (PAS), due casi emblematici

Abstract: La Sindrome di Alienazione Genitoriale viene descritta da Gardner, a partire dagli anni ottanta, come un disturbo psicopatologico che colpisce soggetti in eta evolutiva al momento della separazione dei genitori Una patologia relazionale osservata nelle situazioni di separazione e divorzio conflittuali e che insorge principalmente nel contesto delle controversie per l’affidamento e la custodia dei figli La sua manifestazione principale e una forte ed ingiustificata campagna di denigrazione rivolta contro un genitore Gardner (1985) ha individuato 12 aspetti che caratterizzano la PAS, proponendo tre livelli della sindrome: lieve, medio, grave Verranno presentati due casi di PAS, uno di livello grave in cui il genitore alienante e il padre e il secondo di livello medio-lieve in cui il genitore programmatore e la madre

“A doorway into memories”. A study of the suggestibility of children

Abstract: Sexual abuse is a crime which rarely has witnesses and, therefore, proving such offences is largely ba ed on the testimony of the victims involved when no physical evidenceis available to unequivocally document it. As a result, the testimony of the victim in such cases is the only basis on which a judge should make his decisions. Studies carried out on the testimony of children have shown the difficulties which arise when the minor is both victim and witness. Research studies conducted on child abuse recall, once again, the need for reflection on the manner in which the hearing of children’s accounts should be carried out in light of their suggestibility. Questions which are suggestive in nature act to affirm more than what they ask and may lead the witness to confirm the elements of the question put forth. If the witness is a child, it is possible for an adult to insert information into the youngster’s memory, thus incorporating it into his recollection of events, or substituting the original memory with it.The aim of this study is to verify the memory capacity in school age children (ages 6 to 9 years) through involvement in play activities carried out in a classroom setting, followed by individual interviews focusing on their views of what had transpired. Several factors which are able to influence the ability to remember were analyzed: age; role performed during the play activity; whether the participants played an active role, or merely observed; and the influence of troubling factors, such as confusion or stress.The results show the complex interactions among the multiple factors investigated in this study. They highlight the importance of examining all elements which may potentially come into play when interviewing a child and to understanding his or her suitability to give testimony. The data which have emerged from our analysis confirm the assumption that children may be reliable witnesses only if they are heard utilizing correct methodology based on the use of questions which are non-suggestive, and as non-leading as possible, so as to allow the child to recount the events in a manner as free and spontaneous as possible.

Child witnesses: a study of memory and suggestibility.

Abstract: AIM To investigate the influence of various factors on the ability of primary school children (aged 6-9 years) to refer an event that occurred during their life. MATERIALS AND METHODS The factors analyzed were: the time since the event occurred; the role the child had in the event; the type of questions asked to elicit the account. RESULTS The results of this research indicate that 52.4% of 6-year old children are able to describe the main elements of the event if they are allowed to give a free account. Asking direct questions does not improve the quality of the narrative. By contrast, in 9-year-old children the quantity of data collected is improved if direct questions are asked. A role as a participant in the event improves the quality of the child's evidence but only in the group of children aged 9, whereas in younger children the difference is not significant. At the age of 9, the child's resistance to leading questions is already quite good (40.7%), whereas children of 6 are much more suggestible. CONCLUSIONS The Authors conclude this work by making some reflections on the possible use of these findings in Law Courts, and on the need for a highly specific training of experts involved in the task of collecting evidence from young children.

Pandemic and right to university study in prison

Abstract: The article n°34 of the Italian Constitution establishes that the school is open to all, without any reference to the personal conditions of the student that can be deprived of his freedom. This right to education is inviolable. The education is an es-sential element to reach the re-educational function of the sentence. The article n°17 of the Norms for the Penitentiary System establishes the important role of the in the external community and of private and public subjects to help in re-educating and re-socializing prisoners. In normal conditions there are often contradictions between the principle and the reality of prison condition so in a condition of crisis such as the covid-19 pandemic there is a high risk to break important achievements in this part. Our article starts from thoughts on the right to study in prison and on the history of Criminology’s attention to the treatment of the offender and from studies on the sector of sentence execution. Then our article presents the results of surveys carried out by the National Conference of Delegates of Rectors for the Prison University Centers at the prison facilities where they are established, during the Coronavirus Pandemic. © Pensa MultiMedia Editore – Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia.

Sidewalk hermits: Homeless perpetrators and victims of crime. Preliminary results of a study in Apulia region, and a review of literature

Abstract: Articoli Abstract A homeless person may be defined as “a person in a state of tangible and intangible poverty, bearer of complex, dynamic, and multiform hardships”The study presented here was carried out in collaboration with the Italian Railway Police, from a criminological perspective, and focuses on homeless perpetrators and victims of crime. As of the writing of this article, 95 cases have been studied.