Chasing the Mafia

'Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys

Anna Sergi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2022
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-2244-9 (ISBN)

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The ‘ndrangheta is one of wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. Combining autobiography, travel ethnography, memoir, and investigative journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the ‘ndrangheta, taking the reader to small villages and locations in Italy and in different countries around the world.

The ‘ndrangheta – the Calabrian region of Italy’s mafia – is one of wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. It is considered Italy’s most powerful mafia; it’s not only the main object of concern for anti-mafia units in Italy, but also for joint investigative teams in Europe and beyond.
Combining autobiography, travel ethnography, memoir, academic rigour and investigative journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the ‘ndrangheta, taking the reader to small villages and locations in Italy and abroad to Australia, Canada, United States and Argentina.

Anna Sergi is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. She specialises in organised crime and comparative criminal justice. She has published widely including four previous books, the most recent one published by Bristol University Press.

Prologue
1. Mafia, Memories and Journeys
2. Wine, Cannabis and Ancestors: Rural Australia
3. Aspromonte, the Roots
4. From St Kilda to Kings Cross
5. Bombs, Bridges and Gold
6. North American Hybrids
7. The Port, the Sea and the Wrong Sun
8. ’Ndrangheta City and Spiderwebs
Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	27.06.2022
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-5292-2244-3 / 1529222443
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-2244-9 / 9781529222449
Zustand	Neuware