Mafia in the United States

Resources

See Also

organized crime.

Further Reading (Books)

M. Pantaleone, The Mafia and Politics (tr. 1966); D. Cressey, Theft of the Nation (1969); P. Maas, The Valachi Papers (1969); J. Albini, The American Mafia (1971); N. Gage, Mafia U.S.A. (1972); F. Ianni, A Family Business (1972); J. Fentress, Rebels and Mafiosi: Death in a Sicilian Landscape (2000); T. Reppetto, The American Mafia (2003); J. Dickie, Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia (2004); S. Raab, Five Families (2005); S. E. Scorza, comp., Mafia: The Government’s Secret File on Organized Crime (2007); P. Reski, The Honored Society: A Portrait of Italy’s Most Powerful Mafia (2013).

Further Reading (Articles)

Mafia Women., West European Politics; July 1, 1998; Allum, Felia

Mafia booms despite crackdown on capos., Sunday Business (London, England); January 30, 2005

`Mafia Woman’ Now a Partner in Crime, Chicago Sun-Times; May 1, 1996; FRANCES D’EMILIO;

How Mafias Migrate: The Case of the ‘Ndrangheta in Northern Italy, Law & Society Review; June 1, 2006; Varese, Federico

MAFIA WOMEN EMERGING FROM SHADOWS IN ITALY, The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); May 5, 1996; FRANCES DEMILIO

MAFIA’S NEW CHIEFS, ECONOMIC POWER TARGETED, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); April 1, 1990; Elizabeth Neuffer, GLOBE STAFF

Mafia and Outlaw Stories from Italian Life and Literature.(Book review), Italian Culture; September 1, 2009; Renga, Dana

Mafia: power in invisibility, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); August 31, 1992; Judith Gaines, Globe Staff

Sicilian Mafia Licking Its Wounds; Government Assault Threatens Survival Of Crime Syndicate, The Washington Post; April 21, 1998; Lee Hockstader

Mafia, Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America; January 1, 2002

Mafia Still Has Powerful U.S. Presence, NPR All Things Considered; March 16, 1996

The Mafia., The Economist (US); March 24, 1990

Is the mafia in retreat or in defeat? (Italy), The Economist (US); July 29, 1995

The Mafia, again. (Sicilian Mafia killings increase as the trials of several top members are to begin), The Economist (US); March 11, 1995

For Mafia, a legacy in concrete Palermo bears architectural scars of mob’s influence in building industry, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); August 25, 1992; Judith Gaines, Globe Staff

Mafia Said to Be Flaunting Its Power; Assassinations Thwart Italian Government’s Efforts to Exert Control, The Washington Post; August 2, 1992; Clare Pedrick

Russian Mafia: Mopping Up, The Washington Post; February 24, 1996

Zynga Debuts Mafia Wars 2., Health & Beauty Close-Up; October 13, 2011

T.F. Mafia, NYC’s Hottest Independent Rap Group Releases Their Debut Album, ‘Bossilini’., China Weekly News; July 7, 2009

Profile: Despite anti-Mafia efforts, Cosa Nostra is quietly re-emerging under new guises, NPR All Things Considered; August 7, 2000; NOAH ADAMS, LINDA WERTHEIMER