Skip to main content

La risposta penale agli abusi economico-affettivi nei confronti delle persone anziane

Marina Di Lello Finuoli (2024) — JUS-Online: Rivista di Scienze Giuridiche

Source monitoring coverage

Checked Oct 29, 2026 20:15 UTC — coverage limited.

No supported repository notice adapter for this DOI. No explicit source-update notice identified in the checked information. DataCite public record unavailable; registered/withdrawn records may be absent. Coverage is incomplete and does not certify source validity. Routine version changes do not trigger writing.

Citation activity

Total citations · Google Scholar
Unavailable
Average per calendar year
Citation count unavailable

Counts reflect Google Scholar’s coverage and do not measure research quality. Source, calculation and limitations

View Original Source (opens in a new tab)

DOI: 10.26350/18277942_000173 (opens in a new tab)

Country:   Italy
Tags:   Economic Emotional Abuse, Elder Abuse, Family Based Fraud, Financial Exploitation, Italian Criminal Law, Older Adults, Online Fraud, Romance Scams
What do these research terms mean?
Preprint
A manuscript shared before formal peer review and publication. Check whether a later published version is available.
Dataset
A collection of data or examples for others to inspect or reuse. It can appear in Library search and topic mapping, but RSRC does not use dataset records as evidence in Research Insights.
Dissertation or thesis
Research submitted for an academic degree. This describes its format, not its reliability.
Journal article
An article published in a journal. This label alone does not establish peer review, study quality, or how well the findings apply elsewhere.
Qualitative research
Examines experiences, meanings, or processes, often through interviews or observations. It can explain how something happens without estimating how common it is.
Quantitative research
Uses numerical measurements to describe patterns or test relationships. A relationship between two measurements does not by itself show that one causes the other.
Systematic review
Uses a planned, documented method to find and assess research addressing a question. Its conclusions still depend on the included studies and what the search covered.
Meta-analysis
Statistically combines results from multiple studies. Combining studies does not remove weaknesses in their design or make unlike populations interchangeable.
Not classified
This record has no recognized label in this filter. It does not mean the publication used no method, or that no research exists.

Definitions draw on DataCite resource types; Cochrane review methods; NLM: association and causation. RSRC’s dataset and classification rules are explained in our methodology.

Citation tools
Download RIS Download BibTeX 


              
              

            

          

        


      

      

    

        
Transparency

        
Evidence and review status

        
This page contains AI-generated content. No human content review or subject-matter-expert review is recorded.

    


    

                    

                
Source basis

                

                    Downloaded PDF
                

            

                    

                
Source updates

                

                    Unresolved
                

            

                    

                
AI-generated page content

                

                    Yes
                

            

                    

                
Automated checks

                

                    Passed
                

            

                    

                
Administrative approval

                

                    Yes
                

            

                    

                
Human content review

                

                    Not recorded
                

            

                    

                
Subject-matter-expert review

                

                    Not recorded
                

            

            


    

        
            How this was prepared
        
        

                            

                    
Source basis

                    

                    
RSRC downloaded and privately stored a copy of the paper for internal analysis. The PDF is not offered to viewers from this page.


                                            
    
                                                            
  • 
                                    PDF added to RSRC:
                                    
                                
    • 
                                                    

                    
                                        

                

                            

                    
Source updates

                    

                    
The latest source-status check did not establish whether an incoming update notice exists. Missing metadata or provider access does not establish source validity.


                                            
    
                                                            
  • 
                                    Last source-status attempt:
                                    
                                
    • 
                                                    

                    
                                        

                

                            

                    
AI-generated page content

                    

                    
AI-generated research notes displayed on this page: Synopsis, Identified gaps, Methods, Limitations, Future work. The paper itself is not described as AI-generated.


                                            
    
                                                            
  • 
                                    Document analysis recorded:
                                    
                                
    • 
                                                            
  • 
                                    Synopsis generation recorded:
                                    
                                
    • 
                                                            
  • 
                                    Page record updated:
                                    
                                
    • 
                                                    

                    
                                        

                

                            

                    
Automated checks

                    

                    
The current, source-bound synopsis passed the recorded versioned publication checks.


                                            
    
                                                            
  • 
                                    Checks completed:
                                    
                                
    • 
                                                    

                    
                                            

                            
                                View passed checks (3)
                            
                            
    
                                                                    
  • Length, completeness, repetition, refusal, boilerplate, and active-markup screening
    • 
                                                                    
  • Numerical claims checked against the available source text
    • 
                                                                    
  • English-source lexical grounding check
    • 
                                                            

                        

                                        

                

                            

                    
Administrative approval

                    

                    
An authenticated administrator approved the bibliographic record for public Library display. This is not a review of every research claim.


                                            
    
                                                            
  • 
                                    Approved for public display:
                                    
                                
    • 
                                                    

                    
                                        

                

                            

                    
Human content review

                    

                    
No human review is recorded for the AI-generated content displayed on this page.


                    
                                        

                

                            

                    
Subject-matter-expert review

                    

                    
RSRC has not recorded review of this content by a subject-matter or methods expert.


                    
                                        

                

                    

    


    

        Review-state definitions

        Found a possible error?
        Request a correction.
    



    



              

        
                  

            
Synopsis

            
This article examines how criminal law responds to economic and emotional abuses of elderly people, focusing on definitions, risks, and potential reforms within the Italian system. It starts from a legal-policy frame: the elderly are treated as a vulnerable group in need of stronger protection, and recent safety-package measures have prompted proposals to strengthen sanctions for fraud when the victim is an older adult. The author surveys the statutory landscape, including proposed amendments to aggravated fraud under Article 640 of the Penal Code and the role of aggravating circumstances tied to the victim’s age, health, and dependency. Employing doctrinal analysis and reference to case law and legislative developments, the piece highlights two interrelated concerns. First, it analyzes so-called romance scams and other forms of financial abuse within intimate or familial relationships, considering how these conduct patterns interact with existing offenses such as fraud and mistreatment. Second, it scrutinizes the boundaries with the crime of circumvention of an incapable person, discussing how familial or caregiving contexts shape criminalization, non-punibility, and prosecutorial strategies. The author notes tensions between protecting vulnerable elders and preserving family dynamics, and between punitive only versus preventive or restorative approaches. The article closes with policy-oriented proposals and a comparative lens. Among the options discussed are adjusting the regime of non-punishment (Article 649) to better cover elder abuse in family settings, expanding the scope of punishable offenses, or calibrating penalties to reflect affections-based coercion. The author emphasizes balancing criminalization with non-penal remedies, preventive measures, and restorative justice considerations, rather than relying solely on broader penalties. The piece thus offers a source-grounded snapshot of the purpose, reasoning, and implications of proposed criminal-law responses to elder financial and emotional abuse.

          

        
                  

            
Identified Gaps

            
The paper identifies major evidence and policy gaps: abuse of older adults is substantially underreported; reliable data are lacking on people in care residences, unauthorized facilities, and home confinement; and policy attention to aggravated fraud may neglect economic-emotional abuse in family, cohabitation, and care settings. It further questions whether adequate prevention resources were considered before increasing penalties.

          

        
                  

            
Methods

            
This is a doctrinal legal analysis of Italian criminal law and proposed legislation. It reviews statutory provisions, constitutional and appellate case law, official crime statistics, and interdisciplinary literature on elder abuse, romance fraud, emotional dependence, and financial exploitation. It compares fraud, mistreatment, and exploitation of incapable persons, examines family-based non-punishment rules, and develops criminal-policy reform proposals.

          

        
                  

            
Limitations

            
The article is primarily normative and doctrinal rather than an original empirical study. Its account of prevalence, victimization, and offender behavior relies on secondary official statistics, case law, and cited literature. The author notes underreporting and the absence of reliable data on some elder-care populations, limiting precise estimates of abuse and victimization.

          

        
                  

            
Future Work

            
Future reform should reconsider Article 649 of the Italian Criminal Code so that offenses against elderly ascendants are at least complaint-based, restoring victims’ ability to activate criminal protection. Alternatively, the family-offense exemption could be excluded for property crimes involving moral violence or aggravated diminished defense. The paper also calls for preventive, protective, social-assistance, cultural-awareness, and restorative measures alongside criminal law.

          

              

    
    

        
Related Research Insights

        

            See how this publication connects to RSRC's living evidence syntheses through current citations and research-topic mapping.