Professor Deborah De Felice Associate Professor of Sociology of law and deviant behaviour at the Dept. of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, ItalyEmail: defelice@unict.itProfileExpertiseProfileDeborah De Felice is Associate Professor of Sociology of law and deviant behaviour at the University of Catania (Italy). RESEARCH INTERESTS Her main field of study and research regards the juvenile justice system; decision-making processes; social and criminal juvenile policies and the implementation of children's rights; normative socialisation and children migrations; decision making in courts; theories and methods in Sociology of Law. Specifically, her interests focus on transformations of social and juridical regulation of penal and social policies in national and international contexts with particular regard to formal and informal models of treating “the best child’s interest.” ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (2004) PhD in “Sociology and Method of Social Sciences”, Dept. of Sociology - University of Catania. (2020) Qualification as Full Professor at National level – Sociology of law, deviance and social change. ResearchExpertiseDecision-making processes in legal context (especially in children's rights implementation); social and criminal juvenile policies; children's migrations.