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The Policies of Organized Crime: Mafia and anti-Mafia in 意大利
概述
CEA CAPA Partner 机构: CEA CAPA 弗洛伦斯 Center
地点: 意大利的佛罗伦萨
主要科目范围: 历史
其他学科领域: 社会学
指令: 英语
课程代码: HIS341FLR
记录来源: University of New Haven
课程详细信息: 300级
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
联系时间: 45
需要供应: Personal laptop computer
描述
The term 'Mafia' is one of the few Italian words that are known worldwide, a catch-all concept embracing a wide range of phenomena associated with criminality and violence. 然而, defining the concept is no easy task as the term has systematically attracted stereotypes that tend to portray it as an elusive phenomenon, often typical of backward societies, and which have influenced and often shaped perceptions of it. Real-world data such as investigations, 诉讼, and criminal statistics, 事实上, dismiss many of the accepted myths about Italian Mafia during recent decades.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to this complex phenomenon by demystifying most of the stereotypes on the subject, which derive from popular culture, 尤其是电影. This course analyzes the organization of Mafia groups in 意大利, their codes and symbols, activities both in legal and illegal markets, relationship to politics and society, the policies designed to control them, as well as the grassroots initiatives to reduce their risk and combat their infiltration of local economy and society. Our analysis covers the myths, 理论, and realities of the Mafia, its ideology and stereotypes, government responses from a comparative perspective, as well as its developments towards transnational crime and its relation to terrorist groups.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to this complex phenomenon by demystifying most of the stereotypes on the subject, which derive from popular culture, 尤其是电影. This course analyzes the organization of Mafia groups in 意大利, their codes and symbols, activities both in legal and illegal markets, relationship to politics and society, the policies designed to control them, as well as the grassroots initiatives to reduce their risk and combat their infiltration of local economy and society. Our analysis covers the myths, 理论, and realities of the Mafia, its ideology and stereotypes, government responses from a comparative perspective, as well as its developments towards transnational crime and its relation to terrorist groups.