Gender and Organized Crime in Italy

Ombretta Ingrasci is a Fellow at the University of Milan, Italy.

Introduction

Chapter 1
Cosa nostra and the ’Ndrangheta
Violence, power and business
Organizational structures and rituals

Chapter 2
Women in the Italian society
Labour market
Social customs and rights

Chapter 3
Mafia control over women
The code of honour
Female oppression
Honour killings
Blood alliances through marriages

Chapter 4
Women’s conformist agency. Performing soft power
Education
Vendetta

Chapter 5
Women’s compliant agency. From margins to delegated power
The drug trade
Economic crimes
From hermes tasks to leadership positions
Female agency meets mafia organizational needs

Chapter 6
Women’s transformative agency. In search for autonomous paths
The strength of female vulnerability
Speaking out
Following the own children
The ethical impact

Appendix
Lea Garofalo’s letter to Italian President of Republic

Bibliography
Sources
Notes