The Secret Nexus. A Case Study of Deviant Masons, Mafia and Corruption in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Sergi (0000-0001-9995-117X, University of Essex, corresponding author), A Vannucci (0000-0003-0434-1323, University of Pisa) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1165-1183 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azac096 |
| OpenAlex | W4313410262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper wishes to explore some characteristics of the relevant interconnections between mafias/mafiosi and masonic lodges/masons in the Italian context. The paper sets out to study these interconnections from a social science perspective rooted in sociological and neo-institutional studies of organised crime and mafias, but also in criminological approaches to social constructionism, in the form of symbols and narratives. We will present a case study to reflect on the roles that (deviant) masons can assume in contexts where both mafias’ and personal, political, or economic interests are at play. The case study shows how masonic alliances can augment networking and enforcing capabilities: we call this process masonic deviance amplification. Additionally, the case study confirms the constitutive power that narratives around the masonic world hold today in the Italian context
Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Deviance (statistics) · Language change · Narrative · Nexus (standard) · Organised crime · Political science · Politics · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · History · Law
Constitutive Criminology
Disorganized crime
The Political Economy of Italy's Decline
Order without Law
Understanding the Process of Economic Change
The paradoxes of organized crime
Protection and Extortion
Ndrangheta
Mafia Organizations
Advancing Qualitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
From Mafia to Organised Crime
The delocalisation of mafia organisations and the construction of a European law against organised crime
The Contributions of an Interactionist Approach to Research and Theory on Criminal Careers
How Mafias Migrate
Italian Organized Crime since 1950
Narrative Criminology as Critical Criminology
The Crimes of the Powerful
The narratives of offenders
Land Reform, the Market for Protection, and the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia
Symbolic interactionism and the concept of power
Mafia and Institutional Power in Italy
Extending and Broadening Blumer's Conceptualization of Symbolic Interactionism
Symbols, meaning, and action
The Sociology of Secrecy and of Secret Societies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |