Personal informations

D.O.B. 14/01/1976.

Nationality: Italian.

Phone numbers: +39-091-7491311 (Dipartimento Scienze Penalistiche e criminologiche of the University of Palermo).

e-mail: chiara@mancuso.co.uk

Current occupation

Contract researcher in Comparative and European Criminal Law, Department of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Palermo .

Sectors of academic interest:

• Italian Criminal law – English Criminal law
  
  
• European Union Criminal law (particularly the matters regarding the implementation of the European Union framework decisions (“Third pillar” acts) within the Member State 's national criminal systems).

June 2005 – currently

Studies, academic achievements and professional qualifications

• PhD in “Comparative and European Criminal Law”. Main institution: University of Palermo ( Italy ). Supporting institution: University of Cambridge ( UK ). Final Thesis on “Criminal agreement and group crimes in the English criminal law. A study focused on the historical origins and the dogmatic and comparative aspects of the offence of conspiracy” (pp.307).

• Final Bar Exam (Tribunal of Palermo ). Specialisation: Criminal Law.

November 2005

• Awarding of a six months scholarship, as PhD visiting students, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge (UK). Topic of research: “The offence of Conspiracy in the English criminal Law: juridical and methodological problems”.

March – September 2004

• S elected among the Top ten Italian students running for the prize “The best year European Law student”, organised by the International legal firm “ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer”, Milan office.

October 2001

• First-Class Honours degree ( MSc equivalent) with Distinction in Criminal Law (2001). University of Palermo , Italy (Grade: 110/110 cum Laude. GPA 29/30). Final thesis on: “ European Criminal law and the fight against organised crime” (pp.170).

October 2001

• Scholarship offered by the University of Palermo (Erasmus Programme) to spend a four months period at the George August Universität, Göttingen , Germany . Research: collecting material for the Degree thesis related to the EU criminal law.

  October 2000 - January 2001

I started working at the Department of Criminal Law as a Junior researcher in November 2001, immediately after my graduation. I became a contract researcher in 2005. Here follows a short summary of my recent academic achievements:

A) Latest national and international academic projects I took part in:

• Partner of the International Research project “ Cambridge European Sentencing and Early Release Project (CESERP), coordinated by Mrs Nicola Padfield, l ecturer at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology .
  March 2008 – crurrently
  
  
• Partner of the International Research project “ Rethinking the European Criminal Justice”, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber within the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht of Freiburg, Germany, with the support of the Commission of the European Union.
  August 2006 – crurrently
  
  
• Coordinator (and discussant) of the International Research project “ The harmonisation of European Law in Europe: problems of implementation in the English and Italian legal systems ”, directed by Prof. Vincenzo Militello, University of Palermo in collaboration with Prof. J.R. Spencer, University of Cambridge .
  September 2005 – May 2006
  
  
• Coordinator (and lecturer) of a study conference organised by the Department of Criminal Law of the University of Palermo hosting a delegation of researchers from the Law Institute of Lithuania.
  December 2005
  
  
• Tutor at the International Summer School in “ European Cooperation in Penal Matters: Issues and Perspectives”, organised by the I.S.I.S.C. ( International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences) of Siracusa, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law of the University of Palermo and the Faculty of Law of the University of Munich, Germany.
  October 2005
  
  
• Juridical Consultant of the “Fondazione Giovanni e Francesca Falcone” of Palermo for the development and the management of a website (for both Italian and English) related to the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime. My role consisted in researching and organising material related to the U.N. Convention and its connected topics (trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants, money laundering, corruption, trafficking in weapons and in drugs) and dealing with enquiries via the website. The section has been also enriched with the juridical documents adopted in the above mentioned criminal areas by the European Union, the Council of Europe, the OECD and theG8 ( www.fondazionefalcone.it ).
  February 2003- March 2004
  
  

B) Publications:

B.1) In Italian:

• C. Mancuso, Dignità umana delle vittime e profili di armonizzazione nell'Unione Europea: razzismo, tratta di esseri umani e pornografia infantile , in V. Militello (ed.), Conflitti inter-etnici e tutela delle vittime fra Corte penale internazionale e giurisdizione nazionale, Giuffrè , Milano, 2008, pp.59-94.



• C. Mancuso, Tratta di esseri umani ed immigrazione illegale: un banco di prova per l'intervento dell'Unione Europea , in T. Rafaraci (ed.), L'Area di libertà sicurezza e giustizia: alla ricerca di un equilibrio fra priorità repressive ed esigenze di garanzia, Atti del Convegno di Catania, 9-11 Giugno 2005 . Giuffrè , Milano, 2007, pp.635-644.

B.2) In English

• C. Mancuso, European criminal policy and protection of human dignity, in O.C. Bassiouni - V. Militello, European Cooperation in Penal Matters: Issues and Perspectives . Material from the 4th Advanced Course in International Criminal Law, organised by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC), Siracusa, 2-13 October 2005 , Cedam, Padova, 2008, pp . 265-293.



• J.R. Spencer – C. Mancuso, National report: the Criminal Justice System of the United Kingdom, in U. Sieber (ed.), Rethinking European Criminal Justice, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2008, forthcoming (pp.170).

C) Study periods abroad

• Several periods of study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge .
  March – September 2004; January 2006; January - March 2007
  
  
• Summer School – held in English and French – on “The European Union Criminal Area”, organised by the Institut d'Etudes Européens (IEE) and by the Université Libre de Bruxelles .
  July 2005
  
  
• Research period at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), University of London .
  July 2004
  
  
• Period of study at the George August Universität , Göttingen , Germany .
  October 2000 - January 2001
  
  
• Summer Course “Foundations of European Union Law”, held by the London Guildhall University (35 hours).
  July-August 1999
  
  
• Summer Courses: “Introduction to the Law of Contract and Introduction to the Law of Tort” (plus final exam taken with merit); and “Advanced Contract Law and Company Law ” , at the London Guildhall University (80 hours).
  July-August 1998
  
  
• Cambridge University Summer school in “Romantic Poetry”; “Signposts to the past”; “Shakespeare: the man, his works and his time” at the Cambridge University (90 hours).
  July-August 1996
  
  

Languages

• Italian: native speaker.
• English: written, read and spoken very good. Knowledge of juridical English.
• French: read good. Fair knowledge of the spoken language.
• German: basic knowledge.

IT Skills

Excellent knowledge of Windows operating system and the applications Word, Internet Explorer, plus the common programs of email administration.
Excellent knowledge of the Internet search engines relating to Law: in particular, Italian criminal law, English criminal law and European and International criminal law.