The politics and mythology of organized crime: A Philadelphia case-study |
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| Authors: | Philip Jenkins Gary Potter |
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| Institution: | 1. icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh;2. Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa;3. School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa;4. Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa;1. College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, No.105 West 3rd Ring Road North, Beijing, 100048, China;2. College of Geospatial Information Science and Technology, Capital Normal University, No.105 West 3rd Ring Road North, Beijing, 100048, China;1. Stevens Institute of Technology, 1 Caste Point Terrace, Hoboken, NY 07030, USA;2. UNICEF, Data and Analytics Section, 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA |
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| Abstract: | Although much criticized, the “Cosa Nostra” theory of organized crime continues to exert considerable influence over lawmakers and law enforcement officials. This theory has been extensively studied on a national level, but few local case studies trace the transition from the multiethnic organized crime of the 1930s and 1940s to the (supposed) Italian hegemony of the years since 1960. Philadelphia provides an excellent opportunity for such a study, as the base of a strong Jewish-dominated structure before 1960 and a “Mafia town” thereafter.A major concern of this article is the manner in which the history of crime in the city was retroactively rewritten during the 1970s, in order to provide a basis for contemporary theories and bureaucratic needs. |
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