Women and the Mafia: Female Roles in Organized Crime StructuresGiovanni Fiandaca 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. |
Contents
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The Affirmation of a Female PseudoSubject | 19 |
The SerrainoDi Giovine Case | 47 |
Women in the Sacra Corona Unita | 53 |
Female Roles | 67 |
Women in Mafia Organizations | 87 |
Women and Other MafiaType Criminal Organizations | 103 |
Women in Organized Crime in Albania | 139 |
Women in Organized Crime in Argentina | 149 |
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Women and the Mafia: Female Roles in Organized Crime Structures Giovanni Fiandaca No preview available - 2010 |
Women and the Mafia: Female Roles in Organized Crime Structures Giovanni Fiandaca No preview available - 2007 |
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