Antonio Ross is a Distinguished Scholars in the Consortium of the International Academy of Ethics.
Here is a very probing and insightful article about his book titled Stalking Stories of an Ordinary Crime
Stalking, Stories of an ordinary crime” is the title of the new non-fiction masterpiece by criminologist and activist Antonio Russo. A title, that of the essay published by the Lecce publishing house “I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni” by Stefano Donno, which is a candidate to be one of the most effective prevention books against a great social scourge: violence against women in all its forms in which it is exercised. Starting from a complete historical, legal and criminological excursus, the book “Stalking, Stories of an ordinary crime” turns out to be a real manual for the profiling and prevention of the criminological case. The beating heart of the work are the testimonies of women, victims and warriors, who share their stories of daughters, wives, companions and mothers, who lived in the shadow of the violence suffered at the hands of that man who had promised to love and protect them . A “sick love” is the background to the tragedies – narrated by the protagonists – who see the complicity of a State that is still indifferent or, perhaps, not too “mature” to prevent women from being victims of those criminal behaviors put in place by a abusive man; the data expressed by national and international statistical surveys show an alarming reality: countless women are abused and, in the most serious cases, killed at the hands of the one who should have loved them unconditionally. “Managing the pain of such violence is one of the greatest sufferings one can experience. Being violated in your rights makes you helpless in soul and mind. Getting out of it is an ordeal, perhaps more acute than the very moment in which the beauty of life fades away. The greatest strength is the metabolization of what you suffer and the transformation into a struggle that can serve humanity” says Dr. Francesca della Valle in the preface edited by her of the book by the “champion of the struggle” Antonio Russo. the work is complete with all information useful for preventing and combating the crime of violence and stalking thanks to the wealth and accuracy of the information contained, which act as a real support; extremely useful are, in this regard, the contents relating to the technical tools for the defense against persecution acts that harm those inviolable rights guaranteed by the Constitution and by the numerous international legislative provisions. “Stalking, history of an ordinary crime” is, therefore, a non-fiction book intended primarily for victims of the crime of violence and stalking, for experts and legal practitioners and aims to raise awareness of the issue!