Italian Mafia

Sicilian Women Trade in Their Aprons for Murder Weapons

The Sicilian mafia once painted a portrait of their women; their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters, as sweet innocent objects…

1 month ago

La Cosa Nostra: Organized Crime Profile

The organized crime group known as La Cosa Nostra is an Italian-based mafia that developed in the mid-19th century in…

5 months ago

Top Ten Mafia Movies

It's not easy to choose the top ten mafia movies, given how many films have been made about the subject.…

7 months ago

How Criminals Become Made Men in the Italian Mafia

While the Golden Age of the Italian Mafia is in the past, it still wields a great deal of power…

7 months ago

The Evolution of Organized Crime in the United States: African American and New Immigrant Mobs

In The New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America, William Kleinknecht discusses organized crime and the…

8 months ago

Structure of the New York Italian Mafia

The New York Italian Mafia is an extremely complex, tight-knit family-group that operates under strict policy. The Italian Mafia also…

2 years ago

The Simpsons: More Than Just Stereotypes

The Simpsons: Much More Than a Stereotype Television networks have been using stereotypes as a source of entertainment for years.…

4 years ago

A Winter Afternoon at Mount Airy Casino in the Poconos

An insistent opposition has dogged the development of a slots machine casino at the former Mount Airy Lodge in Mount…

4 years ago

Brief History of the Mafia and Organized Crime

Organized crime has deep roots in time. The Italian mafia was founded in Italy in the 1800's, originally as a…

4 years ago

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