Understanding Mafia Networks

The Sicilian Mafia is the most famous criminal organisation in the world. While its own code of honour, rustic chivalry and violence methods have been adopted by other illicit groups, very little is known about how the Mafia, Cosa Nostra, is actually organised and embedded in its territory.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: On the Mafia-type structure and origins in the light of social and spatial criminal networks
Chapter 3 : A meeting of minds in making the Cupola of the Sicilian Mafia: from rustic chivalry to Operazione Perseo
Chapter 4 : From Evidence to Proof: reassessing the rule of law in consorting crimes through the use of Social Network Analysis as a legal paradigm
Chapter 5: Untangling the Social Network of the Sicilian Mafia
Chapter 6: Mapping the Sicilian Mafia: taking care of everyone’s business?

About the author

Roberto Musotto is the Director of Cyber Security for a State Government in Australia. He is a core member of the Security Research Institute at Edith Cowan University, Perth. He is an Italian qualified lawyer, specialised in organised crime. In his career, he has advised multiple international institutions and authored various articles on criminal organisations both online and offline.

Summary

The Sicilian Mafia is the most famous criminal organisation in the world. While its own code of honour, rustic chivalry and violence methods have been adopted by other illicit groups, very little is known about how the Mafia, Cosa Nostra, is actually organised and embedded in its territory.

Product details

• Authors: Roberto Musotto
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032230795
• ISBN: 978-1-032-23079-5
• No. of pages: 132
• Weight: 267 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Organizational Crime
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / General, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology