Criminologists

"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."

"The Monster of Florence is still alive and his human trophies are in a house"

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

"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)."

"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."

"The identikit [of the Monster of Florence] was that of a person of good socio-cultural standing, unlike Pacciani, who was a farmer, uncouth, uneducated, intelligent, cunning but certainly not of high standing, or of average socio-cultural standing."

"(About q:it:Angelo Izzo) The meritorious law should apply to those of sound mind. In 1980, I said that he would kill again and that he had to be prevented from doing so. Then he pretended to repent, making delusional statements. Because of him, we may have two more victims, who died like those in Circeo."

"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."

"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."

"(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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I knew Pacciani personally, I was his defence counsel, and I will never believe that Pacciani is guilty."

"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."

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

"The monster is a man of remarkable intelligence and culture, of remarkable ability, who may also have done something to throw investigators off the trail."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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?"

"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."

"(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."

"(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."

"The link between power and gender, as expressed through the gender hierarchy of men/masculinity over women/feminity, becomes especially pronounced in times of war. War fighting and masculinity are both 'symbolically and practically linked'. The masculinity that is promoted and privileged is a militarized masculinity: 'how masculinities and men become militarized, [and] about the ways in which masculinity and the military become linked'. Men, as citizen-warriors, go to war to protect innocent civilians, namely women and children. Women, of course, also matter for the state in times of war as daughters, mothers and wives of soldiers. thereby reinforcing their domestic identity."

"Our list of challenges are many, politics notwithstanding. But my number one priority is to ensure we start a journey towards making Nairobi a better city for all of us by building working partnerships and relationships with our partners who include; the National government, Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) and Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA) and other stakeholders."

"My fellow Nairobians I have today take the Governors oath of office and sworn to truly and diligently serve the county of Nairobi without fear, favour or ill will. I commit to working for and with all of you."

""The responsibility bestowed upon me as the governor of Nairobi is by no means fate however am confidently state that with your support I am up to the task and I will serve you to the best of my ability"."

"I vowed to work closely with Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) under Gen. Mohammed Badi."

"I'm a hardworking person who likes to explore different fields to learn more on different things that affect our livelihoods."

"It is only by long and laborious study, and by the comparison of a number of individuals, that it will be possible to succeed in establishing correct average proportions each age, and in settling the limits betwixt they can be made to vary, without ceasing to be accurate and faithful to nature—our first and guide in this difficult study."

"I have sought to determine... the different relations of bulk, subsisting between the various parts of his frame; and to ascertain how far these relations become modified during his development, what they are in the flower of his age, and in what position they remain up to the instant of decay."

"Moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive... at the fundamental principle, that the greater the number of individuals observed, the more do individual peculiarities, whether physical or moral, become effaced, and leave in a prominent point of view the general facts, by virtue of which society exists and is preserved."

"My aim has been, not only to go once more through the task of Albert Durer, but to execute it also on an extended scale."

"Artists have, for the most part, bound themselves down to follow a blind routine. Noble exceptions, however, have presented themselves. Nicholas Poussin, one of the most profound thinkers, whom the arts have produced, took care to correct and regulate by the antique the proportions which Leon Baptista Alberti and Albert Durer had given from the living model."

"Having for their object the Science of Man, present difficulties exceedingly great, and, to merit confidence, must be collected upon a scale far too extended to be attempted by an individual philosopher."

"This reaction of man upon himself, is one of his noblest attributes; it offers, indeed, the finest field for the display of his activity. As a member of the social body, he is subjected every instant to the necessity of these causes, and pays them a regular tribute; but as a man, employing all the energy of his intellectual faculties, he in some measure masters these causes, and modifies their effects, thus constantly endeavouring to improve his condition."

"It would be an error... to suppose that science makes the artist; yet it lends to him the most powerful assistance. In general, it is difficult to keep it within due limits; and I shall even freely admit that Albert Durer, in his work upon the proportions of the human frame, has imparted to it a certain scientific dryness, which lessens its utility. One finds there more of the geometer than the artist, and the geometer, moreover, such as he was at a time when it had not yet been discovered how much the rules of style enhance the value of scientific works, and, above all, of those which appertain at the same time to the domain of the fine arts."

"The principal artists of the era of the revival of letters, such as Leon Baptista Alberti, Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Durer, with many others who what art ought to borrow from science, felt the necessity of resorting to observation, in order to rebuild in some sort the ruined monument of ancient artistical skill. They studied nature in a philosophical manner; sought to strike out the limits within which they ought to confine themselves in order to be truthlike... and from those profound studies which kept them ever before the face of nature, they deduced original views and new models, destined to distinguish for ever that celebrated age. The proportions of the human body did not alone attract their attention: anatomy, perspective, and chemistry, formed parts of their studies; nothing was neglected; and some of these great artists even gained for themselves a first place among the geometers of their day. Their successors have not devoted themselves to such serious studies, and hence it so frequently happens that they are reduced to content themselves, either with copying from those who went before them, or with working after individual models, whose proportions they modify according to mere caprice, without having any just or proper ideas of the beautiful."

"It is of primary importance to keep out of view man as he exists in an insulated, separate, or in an individual state, and to regard him only as a fraction of the species. In thus setting aside his individual nature, we get quit of all which is accidental, and the individual peculiarities, which exercise scarcely any influence over the mass, become effaced of their own accord, allowing the observer to seize the general results."

"The Supreme has then not only spread life and movement throughout, and willed that its impress should be preserved, but has done more; for he has permitted man to associate in some degree with his work, and to modify it."

"I would suggest... the idea of a work which should have for its object the analytic examination of the development of our intellectual faculties for each age. Now, I have aimed to present, in the work here reproduced, only an essay, only a particular example, of such an analysis, "which tends to show that the maximum of energy of the passions occurs about the age of twenty-five." The minimum is not then determined; and even when it shall be, by a sufficient number of observations, one will no more be able to apply it to any given individual in particular, than one could make use of a table of mortality to determine the period of his decease."

"The words cited from my work, when viewed isolatedly, are far from expressing the idea which I wished to attach to them. The works of genius upon which our judgments bear are in general complex; for there is no work, constructed by genius, which does not suppose the exercise of various of its faculties. A skilful analysis could alone make out the part of each of them..."

"We then better understand the weakness of man, and the power of the Supreme: we are struck with the inflexible constancy of the laws which regulate the march of worlds, and which preside over the succession of human generations."

"Social physics never can pretend to discover laws which will verify themselves in every particular, in the case of isolated individuals. The science will have rendered a service sufficiently vast, in giving more precise views upon a host of points, of which vague glimpses only were before possessed."

"The progressive development of moral and intellectual man has scarcely occupied their [scientists] attention; nor have they noted how the faculties of his mind are at every age influenced by those of the body, nor how his faculties mutually react."