N. 2 (2026)
Le nuove frontiere della sicurezza urbana

2/2026

Crimine e sicurezza selettiva nei contesti urbani: tecnologie di controllo e riproduzione della marginalità

Pubblicato 03-11-2026

  • Rosario Palese
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  • Giovanna truda

Rosario Palese
Universidad de Salamanca

Giovanna truda
Università degli Studi di Salerno

Abstract

Il contributo propone il concetto di sicurezza selettiva come categoria analitica per interpretare le trasformazioni delle politiche di controllo urbano contemporanee. In una prospettiva di sociologia critica, l'articolo esamina quattro nodi interconnessi: la transizione dal government alla governance della sicurezza, con distribuzione asimmetrica dei rischi; le logiche classificatorie della sorveglianza tecnologica; il displacement spaziale della marginalità prodotto dalla prevenzione situazionale; la costruzione discorsiva della pericolosità come legittimazione del controllo. Attraverso la letteratura internazionale e il caso italiano, il lavoro mostra come le politiche securitarie definiscano chi è controllabile e chi espellibile dallo spazio pubblico. Daspo urbano e zone rosse ne sono dispositivi paradigmatici. In chiusura, il contributo restituisce visibilità alle pratiche di resistenza che rivelano i limiti del paradigma securitario.

Parole chiave

sicurezza urbana; sorveglianza; marginalità; controllo sociale; governance; daspo urbano.

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Biografia dell'autore

Giovanna truda

Associate professor in Sociology of law at the Department of Political and Communication Science (DiSPC), University of Salerno. In 2000 she graduated summa cum laude in Sociology, specialization in Political Sociology, at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Salerno. In 2002 she attended the Master of Arts in “Quantitative Methods and Market Research” organized by the University of Salerno, Naples, Palermo, and Sichelgaita Institute. In 2004 she obtained the International PhD in Sociology of Law established by Niklas Luhmann, in “Evolution of legal systems and new rights”, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lecce. In 2021 she obtained the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Full Professor in SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL PHENOMENONS. In 2018 she obtained the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for as Associate Professor in SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL PHENOMENONS.In 2008 she became a lecturer in General Sociology at the Faculty of Education of the University of Salerno. From 2008 to 2011 she was a lecturer in Legal Sociology and sociology of deviance and social change at the Master's Degree for Professional Educators and the Degree Course in Education Sciences at the Faculty of Education of the University of Salerno. In the academic year 2010-2011 she is a lecturer at the postgraduate Master's Degree Course “Child maltreatment and sexual abuse: phenomenon, protection, intervention” at the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Salerno, a master's degree started with the funds of the Prime Minister’s Office – Department for Equal Opportunities. Since 12/2017 she is Scientific Director of the CcISuD laboratory – International Network-Cultural Changes, Inequalities and Sustainable Development (CcISuD). Since 2011 she is a member of the international research group Groupe de recherche international, GDRI INTI, CNRS, (F).In 2013 she is visiting researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte in Frankfurt. Since March 2019 she has been a member of the Interdepartmental Centre for Risk Studies, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Salento (Lecce). Head Prof. Raffele de Giorgi.. Since 2014 she is a member of the Observatory on Social Policies of the Department of Political and Social Studies (DiSPS) of the University of Salerno on the transformations of local and national welfare. From 06/2018 she is a member of the Interdepartmental Centre for “Conflict Research” (CIRC), University of Salerno. From 2011 to 2019 - she is a member of the board of the Interdepartmental Observatory for Gender Studies and Equal Opportunities (OGEPO) of the University of Salerno. In 2019 she was at the Université Paris Descartes - Paris V La Sorbonne in Paris) with a Grant Programma Erasmus+ (Teaching Mobility Programme), Contents: “Droit et société”, “Mouvements sociaux et légalité”, “Critique du droit et légalité”. In 2013 she is visiting professor at MSHE Ledoux, Besançon (F) She coordinates and implements the project: “Genre et développement durable des territoires”. She is a member of the research group of the University of Salerno in the framework of the Community programme FP6-2004-CITIZENS-5, CAENTI-Cooperation Action project of the European Network of Territorial Intelligence. She is part of R&I PEERS, Piloting Experiences for Improving Gender Equality in Research Organisations) HORIZON 2020. She is Editor of the scientific series “Social Systems, Cultures and Development”, Gutenberg edizioni (Salerno) and evaluator of the Argentinean publishing house Estudio Sociológicos Editora for the year 2020. At national level she is a member of the editorial board of the scientific journals “Sicurezza e Scienze Sociali”, directed by Costantino Cipolla, published under the High Patronage of the University of Bologna; of the scientific journal “Culture e Studi del Sociale” - (ISSN 2531- 3975) and of the scientific journal “Res- Ricerca e sviluppo per le politiche sociali” (from 01/2007 to 12/2008). Over the years she has carried out review and editing activities for the following series and scientific journals: ICSR Mediterranean Knowledge-Working Papers Series (ISSN: 2464-9538), Culture e Studi del Sociale - (ISSN 2531- 3975), and Journal of Mediterranean Knowledge (ISSN 2499- 930X). She currently carries out research activities (both as a scientific director and as a member of national and international groups) in the field of sociology of law, focusing on the socio-legal aspect of social phenomena. Her research interests range in the fields of legal sociology, deviance, and social change, particularly the study of rights, gender, and sustainable development of the territory.

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