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Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.), 2020-01, Vol.49 (1), p.viii-x
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press
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2020
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The Godfather, The Sopranos, and La Cosa Nostra exemplify organized crime for most Americans. In Asia the term conjures up images of Japanese yakuza and Chinese triads, in Italy the Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta, in Latin American Mexican narco-gangs and Colombian drug cartels, in the Netherlands transnational drug and human trafficking, and in Scandinavia outlaw motorcycle gangs. Some but not all those organizations are "mafias" with centuries-long histories, distinctive cultures, and complicated relationships with local communities and governments. Others are new, large but transitory, and with no purpose other than maximizing profits from illegal markets.