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This essay tackles the literary strategies that Genet uses to bind abjection and laudation together. Not only does Genet represent pariahs, male prostitutes and betrayers, but he also praises them, he places evil in the center of an encomiastic work. One of the strategies observed in this essay, for instance, consists in reversing the attributive logic between the criminal whom Genet celebrates and the qualities of the man that he praises: abjection doesn’t demean the character, because the character’s qualities don’t seem to determine him, instead, it is the character who determines the moral value of his qualities. Hence, a cowardly handsome man is not any less desirable due to his cowardice: on the contrary, his cowardice becomes beautiful because it belongs to a beautiful man.

The article explores the social issue of addiction and its impact on family dynamics when it invloves death and mourning. Given the wide range of possible deaths in the wake of addictions, the text first addresses the topic through an examination of the different perspectives relating to social, penal and therapeutic control. The second part sheds light on how drug abuse and addiction are related to death and grieving. In the third section, an analysis of how the grieving of families is particularly affected by deaths in a context of addiction and opens a discussion of intervention methods through a functional association of addiction – death – grieving.

Keywords: dépendances, deuil, familles, intervention, addictions, mourning, family, intervention

Defining what constitutes a street gang and how to identify gang members is a complex endeavour. A number of things characteristic of these groups, notably their elusive and clandestine nature, their heterogeneity, and their continually changing features, have led us to modify our conceptualizations. This article proposes a simple general definition that describes the street gang as an organized criminal group distinguished from those organized crime groups that are defined by law 467.1. Emphasis is placed on the operational nature of markers of association and the rationale behind their development. A new definition of these gangs, combined with an operationalization based on criteria observed by police organizations, offers multiple advantages over definitions developed within an academic setting. The theoretical implications and practical issues of the new definition are also addressed.

Keywords: Gangs de rue, définition, identification, crime organisé, police, Street gangs, definition, identification, organized crime, police, Pandillas callejeras, definición, identificación, delincuencia organizada, policía

The goal of this essay is to analyze the pro-feminist male's problematic and paradoxical political position, in his relation with women in general and feminists in particular. It starts by recalling very briefly some problems with the unconvincing involvement of some pro-feminist males at the end of the 19th century and during the 20th century. Then, and taking its cues from radical and materialist feminists such as Christine Delphy, it highlights the fact that even with the best intentions, pro-feminist males are still males, i.e. they are privileged as males. Therefore, it is suggested that pro-feminist males engage themselves in a process of 'disempowerment'. In reference to the distinction between "power over" (domination) and "power to" (capacity to act), disempowerment is defined as a process through which males should work on themselves to limit the power they have – individually and collectively – over women and over feminists. We conclude by recalling that despite their good faith, the involvement of pro-feminist males with female feminist activists is always potentially problematic. Beyond males' (good) intentions, it is through collective action that feminists can build relations of power that will push some males to become pro-feminist and limit the negative effects of males' involvement on their side.

In 2013, Giancarlo De Cataldo and Carlo Bonini published the novel Suburra. Between 2017 and 2020, streaming platform Netflix releases its first original Italian series, Suburra. La serie, a free adaptation of the book of the same name. Directed by Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli and Giuseppe Capotondi, the three seasons are characterized by a dense script that interweaves complex plots around a triple criminal polarization: the interests of Roman traffickers, local political figures and high-ranking Vatican dignitaries are inextricably intertwined around the acquisition of land in Ostia, geographical symbols of hegemonic power. This article shows how, through the narrative choices made by its authors, the serial adaptation of Suburraconstitutes a richer and more ethically accomplished version than the original literary work. Indeed, the series challenges the crystallization of representations that characterized the novel, locking the characters into a good/evil dichotomy around which each of their actions was structured. Shaking up the systemic arrangement of the original diegesis, the series subtly works on interpersonal and institutional relationships, to open up a more human and ethical narrative of crime and the contemporary world.

Keywords: Subarra, Subarra, Rome, Rome, mafia, mafia, criminality, criminalité, De Cataldo, De Cataldo