Mafia and Organized Crime: A Beginner's Guide
Mafia and Organized Crime: A Beginner's Guide by James O. Finckenauer
English | July 31, 2007 | ISBN: 185168526X | EPUB | 232 pages | 1 MB
English | July 31, 2007 | ISBN: 185168526X | EPUB | 232 pages | 1 MB
Ruthless, cruel, and irresistibly cool: the Mafia has always appealed to the darker side of the imagination. But just what is the Mafia, how does it operate, and what can be done to combat it? James Finckenauer debunks the romantic notions and mystique surrounding the Mafia to reveal the harsh realities of global organized crime in countries spanning from Japan to Russia to Colombia.
Demonstrating that organizations like the Mafia are multi-faceted and far more complex than imagined, he argues that organized crime destabilises society on a global scale, perpetuating untold economic, physical, psychological, and societal damage through its control of criminal markets, violence and corruption. Providing vital insight into a hidden world, Mafia: A Beginner’s Guide is ideal reading for anyone intrigued by, or concerned about, this widely misunderstood phenomenon.