Ernesto U. Savona is Professor of Criminology at UniversitA Cattolica in Milan, Director of TRANSCRIME (Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime) UniversitA di Trento/ Universita Cattolica. President of the European Society of Criminology (2003/2004) and Editor of the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. Author of books and articles on changes in crime and their implications for criminal policies he is the co-ordinator of two research projects (MARC and IKOC) under the sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission.