Is begging a Roma cultural practice?: Answers from the Italian legal system and anthropology

IF 0.2 4区社会学 Q4 ANTHROPOLOGY

Romani Studies Pub Date : 2016-04-09 DOI:10.3828/RS.2016.2

Ilenia Ruggiu

引用次数: 15

Abstract

Several Italian judges, including the members of the Supreme Court, have defined begging with children as a “Roma cultural practice”. In response, the Italian Parliament enacted law no. 94/2009, which severely represses the practice. The article contests that begging is a Roma cultural practice and claims, instead, that it is an economic practice which may sometimes connect to other elements of Roma culture. The article critiques both the cultural argument put forward by Italian judges, and Italian law no. 94/2009, neither of which serves to defend the rights of Roma children. It concludes by suggesting a different kind of legal approach to child begging, more respectful of the constitutional duty of solidarity and protection of the family, and based on social policies rather then criminal repression.

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乞讨是罗姆人的文化习俗吗?:来自意大利法律体系和人类学的答案

包括最高法院成员在内的几位意大利法官将带着孩子乞讨定义为“罗姆文化习俗”。作为回应，意大利议会颁布了第19号法律。94/2009号法令，严厉打压这种做法。这篇文章质疑乞讨是一种罗姆文化习俗，并声称这是一种经济习俗，有时可能与罗姆文化的其他元素有关。本文既批评了意大利法官提出的文化论点，也批评了意大利第11号法律。94/2009号决议，这两项决议都没有保护罗姆儿童的权利。最后，它建议对儿童乞讨采取一种不同的法律途径，更尊重团结和保护家庭的宪法义务，并以社会政策而不是刑事镇压为基础。

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Romani Studies Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

CiteScore

0.80

自引率

50.00%

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期刊介绍： Founded in 1888, the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society was published in four series up to 1982. In 2000, the journal became Romani Studies. On behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society, Romani Studies features articles on many different communities which, regardless of their origins and self-appellations in various languages, have been referred to in English as Gypsies. These communities include the descendants of migrants from the Indian subcontinent which have been considered as falling into three large subdivisions, Dom, Lom, and Rom. The field has also included communities of other origins which practice, or in the past have practiced, a specific type of service nomadism. The journal publishes articles in history, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, linguistics, art, literature, folklore and music, as well as reviews of books and audiovisual materials.