Davide Carlucci
David Carlucci has been writing for La Repubblica since 2000, first for its office in Bari and from 2007 in Milan, chiefly covering legal stories. He has contributed to Il Manifesto and L'Espresso as well, and written on the environment, organized crime and the economy.
Citizen patrols of all kinds — from extreme-right militia squads to groups of pensioners that supervise streets outside schools — are increasingly common in Italy. Social, cultural and political rifts have prompted the emergence of a phenomenon whose dangers have yet to be evaluated by public authorities.