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Because of a series of historical, social, cultural and political reasons, in Italy the history of kidnapping has not had an exclusively criminal connotation and has gained features of uniqueness in Europe. After a wide diffusion, with passing of the time, this kind of crime has ended not to be part of the interests of mafia associations, while in the past it was their principal activity. Nevertheless, another kind of kidnapping, the flash kidnapping, seems to have gained the interests of specialized criminal groups. After having described the historical evolution and the different typologies of traditional kidnapping, the authors focus on the description of different kinds of flash kidnapping, in the two versions known at the moment: protracted robbery and robbery with hostage taking. Finally, they have outlined a profile about new typologies of kidnappings occurring in clandestine immigration traffic. ; La storia dei sequestri di persona ha avuto in Italia per una serie di motivazioni storiche, sociali, culturali e politiche, una connotazione non esclusivamente criminale, avendo assunto di fatto caratteristiche che la hanno resa unica in Europa. Questo genere di reato dopo una grande diffusione nel tempo ha finito per non rientrare più tra gli interessi delle diverse associazioni mafiose che in precedenza ne costituivano il motore principale. Altre forme di sequestro di persona – i sequestri lampo – sembrano tuttavia aver attratto l'interesse di bande criminali specializzate. Gli autori, dopo aver descritto l'evoluzione storica e le diverse tipologie dei sequestri di persona tradizionali, si soffermano sulla descrizione di differenti tipologie di sequestro lampo, nelle due varianti attualmente note, le rapine prolungate e le rapine con prelievo di ostaggio, per poi tracciare infine, un profilo sulle nuove tipologie di sequestri di persona consumati nell'ambito del traffico dell'immigrazione clandestina.

Insanity definition and the threshold for satisfying its legal criteria tend to vary depending on the jurisdictions. Yet, in Western countries, the legal standards for insanity often rely on the presence of cognitive and/or volitional impairment of the defendant at crime time. Despite some efforts having been made to guide and structure criminal responsibility evaluations, a valid instrument that could be useful to guide forensic psychiatrists' criminal responsibility assessments in different jurisdictions is lacking. This is a gap that needs to be addressed, considering the significant forensic and procedural implications of psychiatric evaluations. In addition, differences in methodology used in insanity assessments may also have consequences for the principle of equal rights for all citizens before the law, which should be guaranteed in the European Union. We developed an instrument, the Defendant's Insanity Assessment Support Scale (DIASS), which can be useful to support, structure, and guide the insanity assessment across different jurisdictions, in order to improve reliability and consistency of such evaluations.

Insanity definition and the threshold for satisfying its legal criteria tend to vary depending on the jurisdictions. Yet, in Western countries, the legal standards for insanity often rely on the presence of cognitive and/or volitional impairment of the defendant at crime time. Despite some efforts having been made to guide and structure criminal responsibility evaluations, a valid instrument that could be useful to guide forensic psychiatrists' criminal responsibility assessments in different jurisdictions is lacking. This is a gap that needs to be addressed, considering the significant forensic and procedural implications of psychiatric evaluations. In addition, differences in methodology used in insanity assessments may also have consequences for the principle of equal rights for all citizens before the law, which should be guaranteed in the European Union. We developed an instrument, the Defendant's Insanity Assessment Support Scale (DIASS), which can be useful to support, structure, and guide the insanity assessment across different jurisdictions, in order to improve reliability and consistency of such evaluations.

Insanity definition and the threshold for satisfying its legal criteria tend to vary depending on the jurisdictions. Yet, in Western countries, the legal standards for insanity often rely on the presence of cognitive and/or volitional impairment of the defendant at crime time. Despite some efforts having been made to guide and structure criminal responsibility evaluations, a valid instrument that could be useful to guide forensic psychiatrists' criminal responsibility assessments in different jurisdictions is lacking. This is a gap that needs to be addressed, considering the significant forensic and procedural implications of psychiatric evaluations. In addition, differences in methodology used in insanity assessments may also have consequences for the principle of equal rights for all citizens before the law, which should be guaranteed in the European Union. We developed an instrument, the Defendant's Insanity Assessment Support Scale (DIASS), which can be useful to support, structure, and guide the insanity assessment across different jurisdictions, in order to improve reliability and consistency of such evaluations.

Insanity definition and the threshold for satisfying its legal criteria tend to vary depending on the jurisdictions. Yet, in Western countries, the legal standards for insanity often rely on the presence of cognitive and/or volitional impairment of the defendant at crime time. Despite some efforts having been made to guide and structure criminal responsibility evaluations, a valid instrument that could be useful to guide forensic psychiatrists' criminal responsibility assessments in different jurisdictions is lacking. This is a gap that needs to be addressed, considering the significant forensic and procedural implications of psychiatric evaluations. In addition, differences in methodology used in insanity assessments may also have consequences for the principle of equal rights for all citizens before the law, which should be guaranteed in the European Union. We developed an instrument, the Defendant's Insanity Assessment Support Scale (DIASS), which can be useful to support, structure, and guide the insanity assessment across different jurisdictions, in order to improve reliability and consistency of such evaluations.