Le baby gang, un fenomeno sociale e territoriale in evoluzione: il caso studio Napoli

The baby gang, an evolving social and territorial phenomenon: Naples case study – Baby gangs are a phenomenon of juvenile group deviance characterized by a considerable variety of behaviors that are not always associated, making the homogenization of the characteristics complex so as to satisfy the many facets that arise. It is a social and territorial phenomenon, both because it spreads purely in metropolitan areas, and because it changes according to the area, and Naples is a particular case study (as emerges from the Istat, Juvenile Prosecutors and Department for Juvenile Justice databases), where the phenomenon has alarming aspects: not only nocturnal highs with fights, thefts and robberies, assaults, sexual violence, persecutory acts, even murders perpetrated mostly by natives, many of whom already live in criminal environments. The presence of women and the lowering of age are growing, with consequent school dropout, the result of the underlying discomfort of the well-being society that makes these young people unaware of the consequences that such crimes can cause on their future life. The case study aims to provide useful qualitative and quantitative indicators concerning the complex issue that involves more and more young people and with somewhat pejorative implications, attributable to social networks, rappers, Dads, and to analyze the specific connotations that the episodes assume with respect to adults, to society as a whole and to institutions.