Pathological gambling in pandemic times. Sociological analysis and implications on social security between real and virtual

Journal title SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Author/s Davide Barba, Mariangela D’Ambrosio
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/1 Language Italian
Pages 13 P. 43-55 File size 230 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2022-001005
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The aim of this article is to reconstruct sociologically the Pathological Gam-bling, integrating the the sociology of deviance’s paradigm with the sociology of emotions also in pandemic times, in order to reflect on social security between real and virtual and to verify the adequacy of the legislative measures.

Keywords: pathological gambling; sociology; emotions; social security; social order; social control.

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Davide Barba, Mariangela D’Ambrosio, Il gioco d’azzardo patologico in tempo pandemico. Analisi sociologiche ed implicazioni sulla sicurezza sociale fra reale e virtuale in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 1/2022, pp 43-55, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2022-001005