RT Article
T1 In nomine Diaboli: The ideologies of organized crime
JF European journal of criminology
VO 20
IS 2
SP 401
OP 421
A1 Poppi, Fabio Indìo Massimo
A1 Ardila, Alfredo
A2 Ardila, Alfredo
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1894785975
AB This article addresses the topic of ideologies underlying organized crime using interviews with individuals living in Mafia-affected territories. High school and university students produced narratives that reflected their ideologies about organized crime, which were duly compared with the ideologies endorsed by Mafia members in televised interviews. This comparison has yielded several similarities, namely the presence of amoralism, familism, verticalism and religious relativism, but, at the same time, substantial differences in the form of anti-reductionism, anti-normalism and anti-victimism (vis-à-vis reductionism, normalism and victimism). The thrust of this study is that ideologies about organized crime are, to a large extent, shared by members of organized crime and outsiders living in Mafia-affected areas.
K1 Ideology
K1 interactional fantasizing
K1 Interview
K1 Narrative
K1 Organized crime
DO 10.1177/14773708211006642