Antonio Nicaso, Marcel Danesi

The Dark Mafia

Organized Crime in the Age of the Internet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the way in which organized crime gangs have adapted and evolved in synch with ever-expanding technologies, using these not only to update their popular image, but also the ways in which they conduct their secretive operations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 341g
• ISBN-13: 9781032244372
• ISBN-10: 1032244372
• Artikelnr.: 67256064

Autorenporträt

Antonio Nicaso is an internationally recognized organized crime expert, who has published more than 40 books on Mafia and Mafia-like criminal organizations, including Bad Blood, which inspired a major television series. He teaches Social History of Organized Crime and Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals and Myth at Queen's University, Canada. Marcel Danesi is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, where he taught a course on Forensic Semiotics for many years. He has authored Organized Crime: A Cultural Introduction (Routledge, 2021) along with Antonio Nicaso.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1.The Mafia in Cyberspace 2.Hybrid Criminality 3. Dark Mafia 4. Cool Mafia 5.From Mythologies to Memetics and Beyond

Rezensionen

"Nicaso and Danesi provide an excellent, empirically rich insight into the complexities of organized crime groups in the digital field. Their book is a refreshing and engaging addition to both cybercrime and organized crime literature."

Anita Lavorgna, Associate Professor, University of Bologna