Editorial

Abstract

The aim of this volume is centered on a joint effort by professors, students and
"practitioners" that covers the different charms and disenchantments of criminal
disciplines, from charm to disgust and from disgust to resistance. These feelings
intertwine and give color and content to any possible position when we approach Criminal
Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminology, Criminal Enforcement and Criminal Policy.
Understanding and elaborating them is a first step.
The published papers are based on this tripod: they deal with crime, the
exceptionally reprehensible and the state's response, the most aggressive and violent at the
state's disposal, and for this reason alone it enchants; they do not ignore this intrinsic
violence that is part of the very being of Criminal Law, exercised as a rule selectively and arbitrarily, and for this reason alone it disgusts; and because it enchants and disgusts, it
requires an effort to rationalize, to control, to build criteria that allow for security and
respect for human rights, and for all this it plays its part in the resistance that our scientific
work pushes by obligation. We hope that this special volume will be followed by many
more in this journal!
Editorial Board