In November 1950, when he was a criminal magistrate in Bologna, he was introduced by Professor Filippo Grispigni to Professor Silvio Ranieri,The episode is told in the article L'opera scientifica di Silvio Ranieri e problemi attuali di politica criminale, cit., where, on p. 153, Francesco Gianniti also describes the relationship between his two masters, both of whom have become directors of the magazine Scuola Positiva and, on the latter's proposal, he was appointed voluntary assistant of criminal law at the University of Bologna and began educational and scientific activity.
