Mafia And Organized Crime

Author : James O. Finckenauer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781780741659

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Mafia and Organized Crime by James O. Finckenauer Pdf

A compelling introduction to the global impact of organized crime Famous for being ruthless, cruel, and cool, the Mafia has always captured the darker side of the imagination. Here, James Finckenauer debunks the myths surrounding the Mafia to reveal the harsh realities of global organized crime from Japan to Russia to Colombia. Despite popular appeal, these incredibly complex organizations destabilize society on a global scale, perpetuating untold economic, physical, psychological, and societal damage. "Mafia and Organized Crime: A Beginner's Guide" provides vital insight into the real stories behind the world's richest and most successful criminals.

Author : Anna Sergi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319535685

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From Mafia to Organised Crime by Anna Sergi Pdf

This book presents primary research conducted in Italy, USA, Australia and the UK on countering strategies and institutional perceptions of Italian mafias and local organized crime groups. Through interviews and interpretation of original documents, this study firstly demonstrates the interaction between institutional understanding of the criminal threats and historical events that have shaped these perceptions. Secondly, it combines analysis of policies and criminal law provisions to identify how policing models which combat mafia and organised crime activities are organized and constructed in each country within a comparative perspective. After presenting the similarities between the four differing policing models, Sergi pushes the comparison further by identifying both conceptual and procedural convergences and divergences across both the four models and within international frameworks. By looking at topics as varied as mafia mobility, money laundering, drug networks and gang violence, this book ultimately seeks to reconsider the conceptualizations of both mafia and organized crime from a socio-behavioural and cultural perspective.

Author : Letizia Paoli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199705092

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Mafia Brotherhoods by Letizia Paoli Pdf

Relying on previously undisclosed confessions of former mafia members now cooperating with the police, Letizia Paoli provides a clinically accurate portrait of mafia behavior, motivations, and structure in Italy. The mafia, Paoli demonstrates, are essentially multifunctional ritual brotherhoods focused above all on retaining and consolidating their local political power base. A truly interdisciplinary work of history, politics, economics, and sociology, Mafia Brotherhoods reveals in dramatic detail the true face of one of the world's most mythologized criminal organizations.

Author : Gianluca Fiorentini,Sam Peltzman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521629551

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The Economics of Organised Crime by Gianluca Fiorentini,Sam Peltzman Pdf

The first book to apply economic theory to the analysis of all aspects of organised crime.

Author : Federico Varese
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691158013

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Mafias on the Move by Federico Varese Pdf

Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. This book argues that mafiosi often find themselves abroad against their will, rather than through a strategic plan to colonizethe territories.

Author : Antonio Nicaso,Lee Lamothe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : True Crime
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009798740

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Global Mafia by Antonio Nicaso,Lee Lamothe Pdf

Author : Sam Giancana
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-04
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780061986475

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Mafia by Sam Giancana Pdf

Some time in the early 1960s, during the golden age of organized crime in America—the era that would inspire The Godfather; Goodfellas, and even The Sopranos—federal investigators pulled every known piece of information on more than 800 Mafia members worldwide into a thick, phone-book-sized directory. From old-school gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Mickey Cohen to young turks like Paul Castellano and Vinny "The Chin" Gigante, the guide offered at-a-glance profiles of small-time thugs and major dons alike... and was allegedly the book Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy used to investigate the mob. Recently discovered, and published for the first time in this facsimile edition, Mafia is a treasure trove of info on the underworld in mid-century America—a revelatory artifact and an irresistible read.

Author : Giovanni Fiandaca
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387365428

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Women and the Mafia by Giovanni Fiandaca Pdf

The insightful essays in this book shine a new light on the roles of women within criminal networks, roles that in reality are often less traditional than researchers used to think. The book seeks to answer questions from a wide range of academic disciplines and traces the portrait of women tied to organized crime in Italy and around the world. The book offers up accounts of mafia women, and also tales of severe abuse and violence against women.

Author : James O. Finckenauer
Publisher : ONEWorld Publications
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1435627660

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Mafia and Organized Crime by James O. Finckenauer Pdf

Author : David Critchley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135854928

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The Origin of Organized Crime in America by David Critchley Pdf

While the later history of the New York Mafia has received extensive attention, what has been conspicuously absent until now is an accurate and conversant review of the formative years of Mafia organizational growth. David Critchley examines the Mafia recruitment process, relations with Mafias in Sicily, the role of non-Sicilians in New York’s organized crime Families, kinship connections, the Black Hand, the impact of Prohibition, and allegations that a "new" Mafia was created in 1931. This book will interest Historians, Criminologists, and anyone fascinated by the American Mafia.

Author : Hank Messick,Burt Goldblatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Criminals
ISBN : 0600361543

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The Mobs and the Mafia by Hank Messick,Burt Goldblatt Pdf

Author : Federico Varese
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190868949

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Mafia Life by Federico Varese Pdf

We see mafias as vast, powerful organizations, harvesting billions of dollars across the globe and wrapping their tentacles around everything from governance to finance. But is this the truth? Traveling from mafia initiation ceremonies in far-flung Russian cities to elite gambling clubs in downtown Macau, Federico Varese sets off in search of answers. Using wiretapped conversations, interviews, and previously unpublished police records, he builds up a picture of the real men and women caught up in mafia life, showing their loves and fears, ambitions and disappointments, as well as their crimes. Mafia Life takes us into the real world of organized crime, where henchmen worry about bad managers and have high blood pressure, assassinations are bungled as often as they come off, and increasing pressure from law enforcement means that a life of crime is no longer lived in the lap of luxury. As our world changes, so must mafias. Globalization, migration, and technology are disrupting their traditions and threatening their revenue streams, and the Mafiosi must evolve or die. Mafia Life is an intense and totally compelling look at these organizations and the daily life of their members, as they get to grips with the modern world.

Author : Greg Thompson
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Maple Syrup Mafia by Greg Thompson Pdf

★★★ Does Canada have a mob? Find out inside! ★★★ It's no secret that organized crime is everywhere. From Japan and Italy to Israel and Mexico, there seems to be no place on earth where an organized crime family doesn't exist. You may think that one of the few safe places left is friendly, welcoming Canada, which many believe is so safe that people there always leave their doors unlocked. Think again. This book delves into the often ignored but nevertheless bloody world of Canadian mobs. You'll meet the Rizzutos, a powerful family with connections to the legendary Five Families of the American Mafia. Then there's the Cotroni family formed by Vic "the Egg" Cotroni, an ex-wrestler with ties to the Ndrangheta. You'll also learn about their connections to the blood-soaked Quebec Biker War, where the Hell's Angels and the Rock Machine battled for 17 years and claimed 150 lives. And just wait until you get to Toronto! Prepare to be shocked by the true story of organized crime in Canada. It proves that there is truth to the expression, "it's the quiet ones you have to watch."

Author : Antonio Nicaso,Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000374421

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Organized Crime by Antonio Nicaso,Marcel Danesi Pdf

This book aims to describe and demystify what makes criminal gangs so culturally powerful. It examines their codes of conduct, initiation rites, secret communications methods, origin myths, symbols, and the like that imbue the gangsters with the pride and nonchalance that goes hand in hand with their criminal activities. Mobsters are everywhere in the movies, on television, and on websites. Contemporary societies are clearly fascinated by them. Why is this so? What feature and constituents of organized criminal gangs make them so emotionally powerful—to themselves and others? These are the questions that have guided the writing of this textbook, which is intended as an introduction to organized crime from the angle of cultural analysis. Key topics include: • An historic overview of organized crime, including the social, economic, and cultural conditions that favour its development; • A review of the type of people who make up organized gangs and the activities in which they engage; • The symbols, rituals, codes and languages that characterize criminal institutions; • The relationship between organized crime and cybercrime; • The role of women in organized crime; • Drugs and narco-terrorism; • Media portrayals of organized crime. Organized Crime includes case studies and offers an accessible, interdisciplinary approach to the subject of organized crime. It is essential reading for students engaged with organized crime across criminology, sociology, anthropology and psychology.

Author : The Editors of TIME-LIFE
Publisher : Time Inc. Books
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781683308645

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TIME-LIFE The Mob by The Editors of TIME-LIFE Pdf

Inside the brutal world of the mafia The Mob. The Mafia. Organized crime. America's violent underworld has always fascinated us--the colorful criminals, dirty cops, crooked politicians and shady businessmen. It's a hard and high-stakes world, fueled by gambling, prostitution, extortion, graft, illegal booze and narcotics. Now you can explore the fascinating history of the Mob in America through the lens of a new special edition from TIME-LIFE, The Mob: Inside the Brutal World of the Mafia. Compelling photographs from throughout the past century combine with sharp biographies to reveal the key players and historical figures who loomed large. Plus: deep dives into the history of organized crime, the truth behind The Godfather, the power struggles, the roles of trigger-happy thugs and political bosses, and how the Mob is evolving in today's digital age.