Organized Crime: A Cultural Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780367461270 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 286 str.

Antonio Nicaso; Marcel Danesi

Opis

The book demystifies and deconstructs traditional notions of  organized crime and offers an interdisciplinary textbook based on an analysis of its history, its codes, its language, symbols, rituals and lifestyles; in short, a cultural introduction to organized crime.

Spis treści

1.What Is Organized Crime?  2.The Italian Mafias  3.Other Criminal Organizations  4.Organization  5.The Players  6.Codes  7.The Made Man  8.The Women  9.Resources  10.The Business Agenda  11.Strategic Violence  12.Symbols and Myths  13.Secret Communication  14.Popular Culture  15.Cyberspace  16.Theories  17.Tribalism and Adaptability  18.Epilogue