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Mafia: A theoretical study of players and coalitions in a partial information environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In this paper, we study a game called ``Mafia,'' in which different players have different types of information, communication and functionality. The players communicate and function in a way that resembles some real-life situations.
Braverman, Mark   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Renewing Criminalized and Hegemonic Cultural Landscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Mafia's long historical pedigree in Mezzogiorno, Southern Italy, has empowered the Mafioso as a notorious, uncontested, and hegemonic figure. The counter-cultural resistance against the mafiosi culture began to be institutionalized in the early 1990s.
A Brisman   +31 more
core   +5 more sources

Codes of Commitment to Crime and Resistance: Determining Social and Cultural Factors over the Behaviors of Italian Mafia Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article categorizes thirty-three women in four main Italian Mafia groups and explores social and cultural behaviors of these women. This study introduces the feminist theory of belief and action.
Baris Cayli   +33 more
core   +3 more sources

SOCIAL NETWORKS OF THE ITALIAN MAFIA; THE STRONG AND WEAK PARTS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper, it is argued that well-built, social network system has enabled the Mafia to\ud reach a certain level of success through three main networks: members, local people, and\ud politicians.
CAYLI, BARIS
core   +2 more sources

Evolving Attitudes to Ukrainian and Russian Minorities in Czechia During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Democrats Stay the Course. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Psychol
ABSTRACT This panel study examines changes in attitudes towards Ukrainian and Russian minorities in the Czech Republic and their links to disinformation beliefs and democratic commitment. The data were obtained from 490 respondents in a Czech quota sample (age 18–69; M = 46.09, SD = 13.40; 45.7% women).
Klicperova-Baker M   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Resistance against the Mafia: A Civic Struggle to Defy an Uncontestable Power [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study is based on participant observation of a protest against the Mafia that occurred in Rome on 26 September 2009. First, this essay offers an analysis by using symbols and their meanings, which are illustrated through the 'pyramid of social ...
Cayli, Baris
core   +1 more source

Circuiti criminali e area grigia Una ricerca sulla presenza delle mafie nel Nordest

open access: yesQuaderni di Sociologia, 2019
The penetration of mafia organisations in the northern-central Italian regions is today recognised by numerous judicial investigations and various scientific studies. In Come pesci nell’acqua.
Attilio Scaglione
doaj   +1 more source

Il Rapporto Sangiorgi

open access: yesRivista di studi e ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, 2016
La Rivista propone all’interno della sezione “Storia e Memoria” alcuni estratti di uno dei più importanti documenti storici in materia di lotta alla mafia: il Rapporto Sangiorgi, stilato dal Questore di Palermo che a fine ottocento delineò il primo ...
A cura di Sarah Mazzenzana
doaj   +1 more source

L’héritage difficile de l’antimafia : une approche sémiotique du musée No Mafia Memorial de Palerme

open access: yesCulture & Musées, 2023
The criminal organization Cosa Nostra exists in our society through the signals it leaves in the media, in political discourse and in anti-mafia activism. Which of these signals do we choose to narrate by thinking of them and recoding them as a legacy to
Carlo Andrea Tassinari
doaj   +1 more source

The Impossible Mission: Global Justice Movement against Transnational Organized Crime [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article argues that the best counterattack against globally oriented transnational organized crime (TOC) is by a global response. The contribution of participating states and the creation of a collective identity against TOC are both necessary. This
CAYLI, BARIS
core   +3 more sources

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