Abstract
The introduction of this book will present the scope of our analysis: the Calabrian region, and the Calabrian mafia, the ‘ndrangheta. It will offer the outline of the book, discuss the choice of the title, and explain the rationale of our choices in terms of structure of the chapters and conceptualisation of the phenomena we are going to describe and analyse. It will also explain our theoretical approach to mafia-type organised crime as behavioural model and justify it by presenting the main approaches to mafias in Italy and the peculiarities of the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta. Finally, the chapter will offer a brief presentation of the geography of the Calabrian region.
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With the word “‘ndrangheta” added to the offence of mafia membership in article 416-bis of the Italian Criminal Code (law decree converted with changes from Law No. 50, 31 March 2010, in Gazzetta Ufficiale 03.04.2010, No.78).
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Sergi, A., Lavorgna, A. (2016). Introduction. In: 'Ndrangheta. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32585-9_1
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