The Sicilian mafia once painted a portrait of their women; their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters, as sweet innocent objects who stand behind their Mafioso men. These women traditionally turned their back to the “business” of their husbands, fathers, brothers and sons pretending not to notice the violation of human rights, posed on a daily ...
The organized crime group known as La Cosa Nostra is an Italian-based mafia that developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily Italy. In the beginning, before they were known as La Cosa Nostra (LCN) was simply a band of resistance fighters, who may have played a part in resistance to Hitler’s Nazi Army. Over the ...
It’s not easy to choose the top ten mafia movies, given how many films have been made about the subject. From Coppola’s The Godfather, usually ranked as one of the ten top movies of all time, mafia or not, to movies in recent years which have given us the good, bad and ugly of organized ...
While the Golden Age of the Italian Mafia is in the past, it still wields a great deal of power in the underworld of the major cities in the United States. Since its founding in the aftermath of the Castellamarese War, the American Mafia has operated with the same hierarchal structure. As any fan of ...
In The New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America, William Kleinknecht discusses organized crime and the impact of Asian, Russian, Hispanic and African American gangs on what has traditionally been seen as a solely Italian underworld. He brings to light the fact that other ethnicities have been a part of organized ...
The New York Italian Mafia is an extremely complex, tight-knit family-group that operates under strict policy. The Italian Mafia also known as La Cosa Nostra implements a hierarchical structure that is formal like most legal organizations and businesses. The Italian Mafias national structure consists of a boss or God father, an under-boss, Consigliere or advisor, ...
The Simpsons: Much More Than a Stereotype Television networks have been using stereotypes as a source of entertainment for years. A stereotype is defined as “a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group” (random house, 2009). Programs have relied on these generalizations because, ...
An insistent opposition has dogged the development of a slots machine casino at the former Mount Airy Lodge in Mount Pocono, PA. Among the residents of the area where the resort is located are a contingent of casino opponents who protest just about any mention of the casino in the local newspaper forums. Many consider ...
Organized crime has deep roots in time. The Italian mafia was founded in Italy in the 1800’s, originally as a group of resistance fighters. Their power grew and evolved over time into the idea of organized crime that it is today. The Italian mafia, as it operates in Italy is still very powerful. As late ...
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