University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy

Subject-matter expert (cultore della materia) in Criminology at the University of Eastern Piedmont

2024 – Present

Deputy Director of the study track for the Second-level Master’s in Criminology at UPO. Creator and organiser of the programme.

2019 – Rome, Italy

Master’s Degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Psychology (LM-51), University

2013 – Rome, Italy

Bachelor’s Degree (Laurea Triennale) in Psychological Sciences and Techniques (L-24), University

2021 – Rome, Italy

Second-level Master – Criminological Sciences, University

CURRENT – Rome, Italy

Second-level Master – Psychosexology, University

CURRENT – Rome, Italy

First-level Master – Forensic Ballistics, University

2020 – Naples, Italy

Competence Diploma: Expert in Clinical and Forensic Psychodiagnostics, Training School

2018 – Naples, Italy

Specialised Certificate – Emergency Psychology, Training School

2018 – Naples, Italy

Specialised Certificate – Criminal Profiler, Training School

2018 – Barcelona, Spain

Professional Certificate – Mindfulness Facilitator, Training School

2018 – Rome, Italy

Professional Certificate – Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), Professional Association

2018 – Rome, Italy

Professional Certificate – SEN (Special Educational Needs): inclusion and intervention tools, Professional Association

2019 – Lecce, Italy

Professional Certificate – Interviewing and Lie Detection in Criminological and Investigative Contexts, Training School

2019 – Rome, Italy

Certificate – Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, Training School

2024 – Lecce, Italy

Professional Certificate – Operational Negotiation in Hostile Environments, Training School

2024 – Florence, Italy

Professional Certificate – Angelology and Demonology, Catholic School

National Association of Trainers, Criminologists and Criminalists – Vercelli, Italy

Chair of the Board of Directors

Present

• Administrative management of the Association.

National Association of Trainers, Criminologists and Criminalists – Vercelli, Italy

Chair of the Technical–Scientific Committee

Present

• Scientific management of the Association.

National Association of Trainers, Criminologists and Criminalists – Vercelli, Italy

Chair of the Operations Committee

Present

• Operational management of scientific activities;

• Organisation of training courses;

• Organisation of the Association’s scientific activities;

• Chair of Examination Boards for the issuance of professional certificates.

National Association of Trainers, Criminologists and Criminalists – Vercelli, Italy

Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Criminologicamente” (registered trademark) – Registered in the Special Register of Journalists, Piedmont Region

Present

• Journal director – ISSN: 2785-6526

National Association of Trainers, Criminologists and Criminalists – Vercelli, Italy

Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Opus Scientia” – Registered in the Special Register of Journalists, Piedmont Region

Present

• Journal director – ISSN: 2785-0692

Self-employed – National Association of Trainers, Criminologists and Criminalists – Vercelli, Italy

Specialised Trainer

Present

Areas of specialisation:

• General Criminology;

• Esoteric Criminology and Occult Sciences (Satanism, witchcraft, vampirism and spiritism);

• Clinical Psychology;

• Eyewitness Psychology;

• Legal Psychology;

• Sexual Psychology;

• Psychology of Deviance;

• Victimology;

• Psychopathology;

• Criminal Profiling;

• Negotiation in Critical or Crisis Contexts.

Self-employed – National Association of Trainers, Criminologists and Criminalists – Vercelli, Italy

Books:

• Essential and Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Sexual Paraphilias – 2020;

• Applied Psychodiagnostics for Public Competitions and Job Interviews – 2021;

• Dynamics of Judicial Interrogation: Techniques and Methods – 2021;

• The Criminological Expert Report – 2022;

• Sexual Psychology: Clinical, Psychological and Criminological Aspects – 2022;

• Satanism – 2022;

• Criminology of the Occult – 2023;

• Operational and Crisis Negotiation: General Principles – 2024;

• The Criminologist with a Psychological Focus – 2025.

Edited volumes:

• Handbook of Criminology – 2023;

• Handbook of Criminalistics – 2025.

Scientific articles:

• Risk factors in juvenile delinquency – 2020;

• Simulation of mental illness in criminal proceedings – 2020;

• Credibility in criminal proceedings – 2020;

• Interpretation of children’s drawings – 2021;

• Erotic crucifixion – 2021;

• The BDSM party – 2021;

• Factors that induce a suspect to confess – 2021;

• When fear kills: the case of Australian Indigenous peoples – 2021;

• Free will: considerations in forensic neuropsychology – 2021;

• Post-traumatic stress disorder – 2021;

• Interview – 2022;

• Alzheimer’s disease in neuropsychology – 2022;

• Final report on the CAV project – 2022;

• Suitability of minors to testify about sexual abuse suffered – 2022;

• Assessment of thought in the forensic context – 2022;

• Nelsen Dennis Andrew, the serial killer of homosexuals – 2022;

• Investigative psychology: operations and use during investigation – 2022;

• Serial killers and sexuality – 2022, special supplement;

• The criminal mind – 2023;

• Decision-making and critical issues – 2023;

• Delusion in psychopathology – 2023;

• Pennel Steve Brian – serial killer – 2023;

• The Bossetti case – 2023;

• Nigerian criminality – 2024;

• The case of the “axe-wielding gnome” – 2024;

• Vampirism and criminology – 2024;

• The ghost of Roletto – 2024;

• Crowd psychology and the mitigating circumstance under Art. 62 no. 3 of the Criminal Code – 2025;

• Criminology and Theology: some reflections – 2025;

• Autism and criminal liability – 2025;

• Forensic Entomology – 2025.