
The book demystifies and deconstructs traditional notions of organized crime and offers an interdisciplinary textbook based on an analysis of its history, its codes, its language, symbols, rituals and lifestyles; in short, a cultural introduction to organized crime.

The book demystifies and deconstructs traditional notions of organized crime and offers an interdisciplinary textbook based on an analysis of its history, its codes, its language, symbols, rituals and lifestyles; in short, a cultural introduction to organized crime.

This book aims to describe and demystify what makes organized criminal groups so culturally powerful. This new edition examines their codes of conduct, initiation rites, secret communication methods, origin myths, symbols, and lifestyles, and serves as an introduction to organized...