The L’Aquila Trial Revisited

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A Reappraisal of the Case and Its impact on Scientists, Science Policy Reports

ISBN:	3319300148
ISBN 13:	9783319300146
Autor:	Stucchi, Massimiliano/Pinho, Rui/Cocco, Massimo
Verlag:	Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang:	200 S., 20 s/w Illustr.
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.06.2016
Auflage:	1/2017
Produktform:	Gebunden/Hardback
Einband:	Gebunden

This book summarizes and critically reviews the complex story of the L’Aquila trial, in which five scientists and two civil protection officers were prosecuted for manslaughter after the earthquake of 6 April 2009 and sentenced to six-year terms in jail plus the payment of approximately 7 million euros to relatives of the victims. The aim is to cast light on the many open questions and inconsistencies in the reporting of the trial, as well as to examine the trial’s implications and consequences. The seismological evidence and the knowledge of earthquake risk in the L’Aquila region before the earthquake are first reviewed. Key events, including the meeting attended by the defendants on 31 March 2009 and the interview recorded before but broadcast after the meeting, are carefully analyzed. The material presented by the prosecution and defence and the reasoning of the judge in reaching his verdict are then discussed, with detailed examination of the scientific issues relevant to the sentence. Although six of the defendants were acquitted upon appeal, and the sentence of the seventh was reduced, the trial remains a landmark event. Many readers will find that this book causes them to reconsider their opinions of the original trial.

Artikelnummer: 9057068 Kategorie: Geologie

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Massimiliano Stucchi, physicist, had a long and distinguished career during which he was a researcher at the Istituto per la Geofisica della Litosfera, CNR, Milan (1972-1994), Director of Research at the Istituto di Ricerca sul Rischio Sismico, CNR, Milan (1995-2000), and a member of the Department of Engineering Seismology, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (he was Head of the Department from 2001 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2012). Dr. Stucchi retired in 2012 but is affiliated to EUCENTRE (European Centre for Research and Training in Earthquake Engineering), Pavia. His principal areas of interest have been historical seismology, earthquake catalogues and macroseismics, and seismic hazard and risk analysis. During his career, he held a variety of offices in scientific and technical organizations, including: Coordinator of the "European Seismicity Database" for the SHARE, EU project from 2009 to 2013; Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (2008-2012); Member of the Scientific (2005-2007) and Advisory Boards (2007-2014) of EUCENTRE; and Chairperson of the European Seismological Commission's WGs "Macroseismology" (1992-1996), "Historical Seismology" (1998-2002), and "Uniform Parametric Earthquake Catalogue and Intensity Database for the European Mediterranean Area" (2007-2012). Dr. Stucchi was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Earthquake Engineering from 1997 to 2005. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.