{"product_id":"mafia-brotherhoods-organized-crime-italian-style-paperback","title":"Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLetizia Paoli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelying on previously undisclosed confessions of former mafia members now cooperating with the police, Letizia Paoli provides a clinically accurate portrait of mafia behavior, motivations, and structure in Italy. The mafia, Paoli demonstrates, are essentially multifunctional ritual brotherhoods focused above all on retaining and consolidating their local political power base. A truly interdisciplinary work of history, politics, economics, and sociology, \u003cem\u003eMafia Brotherhoods\u003c\/em\u003e reveals in dramatic detail the true face of one of the world's most mythologized criminal organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetizia Paoli\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the Leuven Institute of Criminology of the K.U. Leuven Faculty of Law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256578596966,"sku":"9780195375268","price":85.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MkhEZTVDMW4xbmwxUy84VURLOElCdz09.webp?v=1773729990","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/mafia-brotherhoods-organized-crime-italian-style-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}