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Mafia Monograph — Part 2
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Igentitying them as Mafiosi. The primary move in such case was seen to be
“On iu le
tha identlftention of a nucleus, a few persons who could be most readily and
chpery proved to be Maflosi, and then, as a secondary step, demonstration of |
the reletions between an individual considered a Mafia suspect, to persons
algeady identified as composing the Mafia nucleus. . : .
20 () ‘The Togic of the Mafia
ee Mari pointed out:
4 “\,.the Mafia doca nol have rtetutes but it derives laws and an
discipline from the solidarity which is understood as the law
277 of the underworld, It obtains exceptional strength from a
2B, Logie which fs all its own, '* (108) os
3 ) * ‘ . 4 . * . . :
33 “Teginning with the almest mystical conception that the underworld
exitts, and it must exirt eince it was created, it not only denies all a
the officiency of the legal provisions which were intended to fight
36 it but it believes that the struggle against crime, ae it 1s understood
37 . and practiced by social defense organizations, is an error, a uselesa ts
38 vaste of three, and an urnatural reaction." (109) i
40
“,.,the Mafia... with the cthical Inversion which is characteristic —
iy of its prychology...docs nat fear prison as much as school... does
4s not fear the fudge as much as the teacher,...% (110)
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