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Mafia Monograph — Part 2

72 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Mafia Monograph · 62 pages OCR'd
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“Toa. (a) Variable Forma; A Caste? OR: Oo co aU ew fhe ant Mort revealed that the Mafia takes protean forms. On some occasions, 12 13 for oxample, certain 'ofiecl have grouped themselves into something resembling 14 : 15 oa eenventional-type organicction, with seeret statutes, distinctive signals, a | 7 18 definite hierarchy, and the choice of leaders by elections. Ordinarily, however, . 9 20 this formality is not present, the groupings following expedient forms or no {90} e doffntte forrs at all) boyond dsferring te colf-imposed chiefs, 24 Morj sureested that the Mafia as a whole might be considered to have a 37 ~ cnste character. Its elements, conimonly imbued with a special way of feeling, 28. ye 29 untorstanding, and acting, cre drawn together by a kind of mental and psychic | 31 affinity of the type that crectes cocleties of Hke-minded persons everywhere. In 32 ft 33 the case of the Mafiosi, the mutual attraction Hes in a shared morbid determina- 34 a repae 35 i 36 tion to impose one's will upon others, for power and profit, anda common F : 37 _ 38 preference for a partfeular style of modus operandt. Jointly held, .these morbjd 4 values tsolate Mafia adherents as a whole from the environment into a class by themerlyas, a kind of easter. 4s (ob) A System of Leeal Clipar chics 47 Mort considered the Mafia as 2 potentlal state, ita visible form 2 consisting of a system of ‘Locol oligarchics, autonomous in their respective (92) zones, but responsible to ane conducting line. '* 53 -_ - tit onas = — tt = , 5h *Ambicuous in transiation: may mean "responsi en ve LE LU One CULE, | . oe “56 OL
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