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The Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale-CNPDS Foundation was founded in 1948 by Adolfo Beria di Argentine with the aim of studying the various aspects of crime prevention and helping to define the characteristics and dynamics of social evolution. By targeting emerging social issues, CNPDS was able to raise, through public debate, the awareness of national and international institutions and to focus their interest on the recommendations resulting from its numerous projects. The study and the creation of a crime prevention and social defense system are geared, in particular, towards fostering cultural, social and civil growth in the Italian, European and international society. From 1948 to the present day, CNPDS has gained more and more importance in the cultural and scientific fields and has played an increasingly active role in the process of the globalization of knowledge, especially within the scope of the projects sponsored by the United Nations. In 1990, the creation of ISPAC-International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program was based upon the resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in order to create an international council of scientific organizations and academic institutions with a view to strengthening international cooperation in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, by expanding the exchange of information and providing technical assistance and scientific expertise to the United Nations. CNPDS was granted, in 1989, of the Consultative Status by unanimous vote of the U.N. Economic and Social Council. The fundamental principle behind CNPDS activities, both on the national and international level, has always been to thoroughly analyze and explore social issues by means of an interdisciplinary approach and with maximum diffusion of the results obtained. Presidents of CNPDS have been Alessandro Casati, Enrico de Nicola, Michele De Pietro,