Alex Roe
Today, the word "Mafia" is used to refer to almost any organized crime group, and in some cases is even used to describe groups completely unrelated to crime. In this article, we will focus on the traditional meaning of "Mafia:" organized criminal organizations of Italian and Sicilian herita...
Hoover said he’d fallen asleep on the beach. When he bent over to wash off the sand, hisPeoplemagazine fell into the sea. He bought another copy from a grocery store, he said, and inside
Today, however, political tribalism is perhaps its most powerful and dangerous variant, even pushing members of the same family to elevate their political tribe over their familial tribe. Our political beliefs reflect our values, and our values reflect how we believe the world should wor...
Spaghetti, pasta, mafia (黑手党), gestures, fashion – these are some words commonly used to describe Italians. How much truth is there in the stereotype? As an Italian myself, I will give you some 2) into the Italian soul and clarify some misunderstandings that foreigners have about us. ...
numbers to make their gang seem more powerful. Police departments don't always report gang statistics accurately, either. Federal grants for fighting gang violence can give departments incentive to exaggerate gang numbers, while some departments deny having any gang problems at all to appease the ...
Investigating magistrates know Riina as the sanguinary boss of bosses of the Mafia, for more than a decade among the most powerful and dangerous criminals on Earth. “I am not the monster that everyone thinks,” Riina told one of the judges. “That monster does not exist. What really exists...
the boat rose and then fell upon the waves over and over and over again. I felt like I was at one with the upheaval and the feeling was powerful. Those moments of pure adrenaline coursing through me while still relishing in the safety cocoon that had been established over the past few ...
Putting an Italian face on the hero of America's origin story gave them a powerful symbol of their own Americanness, while the Columbus Day holiday gave them a national platform to bask in his reflective glow and celebrate their heritage. But as modern historians began to spotlight the ...
It illustrates how informal social rules can function as a far more powerful system to govern business conduct then formal legal rules (cf. Macaulay 1963). This also facilitates cartel stability, and makes internal punishment or retaliation less likely or irrelevant. However, cartelists do monitor ...