psychologists-from-italy

"In Italy today, more people die in the family than from the Mafia."

"I believe that studying alone is not enough to do a job like mine... you have to have a natural aptitude for it, meaning you need to possess a set of qualities that no training program can ever guarantee. Memory, intuition, observation skills, a certain amount of “thick skin,” dialectics, the ability to synthesize... and courage. Either you have all this or you don't. The rest you can learn along the way... obviously, that's my point of view."

"Italy does not need to import rapists because, according to statistics, only 10% of sexual assaults are committed by foreigners. Over 90% of rapists are Italian, and the victims are women known to their attackers. Incidents where a maniac attacks a random woman and assaults her are very rare. The problem is that, in most cases, when rape is committed by someone known to the victim, only 2 out of 10 cases are reported and, often due to fear or shame, these do not reach the media."

"I don't sue easily, but you have to protect yourself."

"For twenty years, I have been dealing with the worst of the worst that one human being can do to another, and it is difficult to reconcile a trusting view of the world with what I have seen done to other human beings. We are a terrible species, we are the worst species that exists on the face of the Earth. I don't know if a higher entity exists, but if it did, I would have some suggestions for better managing the situation."

"Women judge me more than men do. When they ask me why I don't have children, I answer, ‘Because I don't want them.’ And they always look at me as if I were some kind of alien. Perhaps it has been my best choice so far in terms of my life path. I don't think it's a choice that others necessarily have to agree with, but it's my choice, my life, and only I can judge the value of that choice."

"In approximately 50% of married or cohabiting couples, there has been at least one episode of direct violence between spouses, and 70% of violence against women (including rape and murder) is committed by a husband, partner, or ex-partner."

"(About the murder of Giulia Cecchettin}} Turetta is passive-aggressive and narcissistic. A so-called “covert” who cannot forgive others for thinking you are better than him. [...] The trigger for this story is not the end of the relationship, which he would probably have tolerated, but the problem that she, graduating before him, became something intolerable. Because it became publicly apparent that she was better than him, or at least that was his interpretation."

"(About the murder of Giulia Cecchettin}} How many young girls accept restrictions on their personal freedom every day? Don't do this, don't do that... this is the real monster that needs to be defeated. As for Filippo, we need to stop saying he was a good guy. He is a person of frightening ferocity who masqueraded as the perfect guy."

"The vast majority of these murders (by the Monster of Florence) could have been committed alone. Honestly, based on the type of murder—this can be said on the basis of studies conducted mainly in the United States, a country much more prolific when it comes to serial killers, unfortunately compared to our country – it is difficult for murders with such a savage sexual background and with a murder method chosen to immediately eliminate the main obstacle, i.e., the male partner in the couple, to be associated with a single murderer."

"The more we delve into this story, the more details emerge about this individual's actions and the less objectively plausible the ‘snack companions’ theory becomes. Let's consider that the conviction of the “snack companions” is based solely on Lotti's statements, there is nothing else, and Lotti is a problematic person, certainly very problematic, who makes a series of statements that repeatedly contradict each other in relation to certain factors."

"I believe that the person behind this series of crimes was someone who frequented and hung out in the same circles where the investigative decisions were made, because he had the power to challenge a whole series of individuals in a scientific manner throughout this story, as if he were always one step ahead of the investigations, which he probably knew about or had the opportunity to intuit, perhaps not in such a distinctive way but perhaps through ' intelligence' gathered through individuals in various capacities and at various levels, perhaps against their will, belonging to investigative circles."

"We are dealing with someone who clearly expected a very different response from Simonetta. I believe that all this anger stems from the fact that it was a murder of an expressive nature, and the weapon was used to strike precisely those parts of the body that most symbolize femininity."

"Simonetta certainly knew her attacker, I have no doubt about that, and she probably also felt a certain fear towards him, perhaps even reverence. I can imagine this from the care with which she had prepared herself that afternoon, but it wasn't the clothing of a girl going to meet her boyfriend. She was pretty but formal, precise. It's clear that she wanted to give a good impression of herself, but probably not from a sexual point of view, but in terms of professional reliability."

"Meanwhile, she had opportunities to meet Raniero in other places in a completely peaceful manner and without any particular problems. She would certainly never have taken the risk of inviting her boyfriend into a workplace, because she had never done so before and I don't see why she would have done so on that day, with the risk of being discovered. Let's remember that the AIAG was still in operation, it was not yet the holiday period and Simonetta clearly could not have known about the possibility of encountering any other employees."

"I am not aware that after Simonetta's murder and the disappearance of a set of keys to the AIAG offices, the lock on the office door was ever changed. It's a bit strange, I find it rather unusual. When a barbaric murder takes place inside the office, a young woman is killed in a truly terrible way, and yet the keys to the office, which is also frequented by other women, a set of these keys disappears into thin air and no one even thinks to change the lock? It seems a bit strange to me. Perhaps there was no fear of another case of this kind?"

"On the evening of the murder, around 8:30 p.m., two phone calls were made from the AIAG offices to lawyer Caracciolo di Sarno, who was the owner of AIAG, by a male individual who wanted to speak to the lawyer, who, however, claimed not to be available at that time. Therefore, there was definitely a male individual inside that building who knew the lawyer's number, and again, I don't see why Busco would have ever called lawyer Caracciolo di Sarno, whom he probably didn't even know existed."

"(About the Murder of Giulia Cecchettin) *What strikes me is that this guy probably had significant psychological issues, of a narcissistic nature. [...] He was unable to come to terms with the end of the relationship and felt inadequate compared to Giulia. Because she had achieved her goals and he hadn't. Clearly, there was a kind of direct competition between the two. Giulia didn't see it or understand it, but Filippo did. And all this happened just before Giulia graduated. A time when she would certainly have spread her wings and started her own career. A definitive end, therefore, to that relationship, which he could not tolerate."

"This is the era of people with these kinds of narcissistic characteristics. Faced with frustration, which can be generated by competition, by feeling inadequate, by being abandoned, or simply by the fact that a person can begin to become an obstacle (as in the case of Giulia Tramontano)."

"It is not normal, it is not healthy for the person we are with to feel entitled to control our every move, what we do, who we talk to. It is a sign that something is wrong. These are problems. It is not interest, but obsession. There are many girls who find themselves being pursued by the same boyfriend, often precisely because they are very good, empathetic people. Sometimes they are manipulated, made to feel guilty. “Without you, I can't live, I can't study.” They feel guilty and continue to see them. But in doing so, they fuel the obsession. When a relationship ends, it ends."

"In these cases, the decision to kill seems to be the only way for the murderer to maintain absolute control over their partner. Often, when jealousy is the motive, the death of the partner comes after yet another violent argument. Of course, we must not forget that a whole series of murders committed within passionate couples had very little to do with passion and were based on much more pragmatic and instrumental aspects, such as obtaining a significant financial advantage or a lucrative inheritance."

"But can one really kill “for love”? In all honesty, I don't think so. Or rather, one can kill for love, yes, but for the love of oneself."

"Roberta Bruzzone, "Finchè morte non ci separi": come e perchè si muore per "amore"?? di Roberta Bruzzone, robertabruzzone.com."