Gender and Organized Crime in Italy

Women's Agency in Italian Mafias

Ombretta Ingrascì (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

230 Seiten

2023
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4206-9 (ISBN)

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In this comprehensive study of the role of women in the Italian mafia, Ombretta Ingrasci assesses the roles and spaces of women within traditionally male, patriarchal organized crime units. The study draws on an extensive range of research, legal reports and interviews with women involved with the mafia, public officials and police. Placed within a framework of political, social, cultural and religious history, post-1945, this book provides an excellent history of women and organized crime in modern 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

Erscheinungsdatum	11.01.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7556-4206-6 / 0755642066
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-4206-9 / 9780755642069
Zustand	Neuware