Organized Crime: A Cultural Introduction Nicaso Antonio
Organized Crime: A Cultural Introduction Nicaso Antonio This book aims to describe and demystify what makes criminal gangs so culturally powerful. Mobsters are everywhere in the movies, on…
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Organized Crime: A Cultural Introduction Nicaso Antonio
This book aims to describe and demystify what makes criminal gangs so culturally powerful. Mobsters are everywhere in the movies, on television, and on websites. 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.
Why is this so? Contemporary societies are clearly fascinated by them. 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