The Mafia and the Devil are both found to be the creation and product of a belief in a mythological system. Often, the attendant mythologies are creations of journalists, governmental investigation committees, law enforcementofficials, not based on fact and serve as scapegoats whose true incidence of criminality belies the attention they receive from those who create the myth and a public who would rather stigmatize others than themselves.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Albanese, J. (1983) "God and the Mafia Revisited: From Valachi to Fratianno ." in G. Waldo, G. Ed. Career Criminals. Beverly Hills, CA.: Sage.
2.
Block, A. and Chambliss, W. (1981) Organized Crime. New York: Flsevier.
3.
Carlson, S. and Larue, G.A. (1990) "Giving The Devil Much More That His Due". Free Inquiry. 10.3, (Summer).
4.
Cressey, D. (1969) Theft of the Nation. New York : Harper Row.
5.
Hartsfield, L. (1985) The American Response To Professional Crime, 1870-1917 , Westport, CN: Greenwood Press .
Kahaner, L. (1988) Cults That Kill. New York: Warner Books.
9.
Kushe, L. (1983) "The Bermuda Triangle". in Abell, G.O.and Singer, B. Eds.. Science and the Paranormal. New York: Scribner's Sons.
10.
Lyons, A. (1988) Satan Wants You. New York: Warner Books.
11.
Mieczkowski, T. and Albini, J. (1987) "The War on Crime: Are Social Scientists Effective in Changing Conceptions of Organized Crime?" Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis Digest. 2. (February).
12.
Moore, W.H. (1974) The Kefauver Committee and the Politics of Crime, 1950-1952. Columbia, MO: Univ. Missouri Press.
13.
Provost, G. (1989) Across The Border. New York : Pocket Books.
14.
Reid, E. (1954) Mafia. New York: New American Library.
15.
Smith, D., Jr. (1975) The Mafia Mystique. New York : Basic Books.
16.
Stevens, P., Jr. (1990) "The Dangerous Folklore of Satanism." Free Inquiry10.3 (Summer).
17.
United States ex. reL Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff. (1971, Dec. 3) Misc. No.5357. United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.
18.
Valiente, D. (1989) The Rebirth of Witchcraft. Custer, WA: Phoenix Publishing.
