Attività di protezione civile e responsabilità penale: criticità attuali e prospettive di riforma.

This work has been inspired by the recent increased judicial focus on Civil protection activities. This phenomenon depends on the fact that the Italian legal system reacts to the failure of Civil protection duties essentially by using criminal law. This kind of reaction, as it has already been demonstrated in other cases, such as medical malpractice, has some contraindications, because it leads to defensive behaviours. The first part is thus dedicated to the recognition of the judicial focus on civil protection activities and the relevant consequences. Then are studied the factors, both sociological and juridical, which have led to this recent exaggerated judicial control over Civil protection, the roles and duties of Italian Civil protection and then are examined some leading cases in this matter. In the last part it is conducted an analysis of the reform project of Civil protection.