This study is a first attempt to map non-criminal legal needs of prisoners by means of a peer-setting survey. The investigation has been carried out in 2014 in two Italian prisons. Evidence shows that prisoners’ legal needs are mainly related to family law matters, property law issues and...

Anecdotal evidence exists that migrants experience difficulties in complying with Italian immigration rules (i.e. permit of stay applications and renewals) because of an intricate and inconstant legal framework. As a consequence, migrants often need legal assistance in order to regularize their...

This paper examines the economy's vulnerability to money laundering in a given region. Assuming that criminals are rational investors who take into account risks and returns of both legal and illegal investments, we define vulnerability as a function of well-identified drivers. Proxies of these...