All Outputs (3)

Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta (2023)
Book Chapter
Phillips, A. (2023). Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta. In D. Jasinski, A. Phillips, & E. Johnston (Eds.), Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

It is generally agreed that public perceptions of organised crime are profoundly impacted by the mass media and popular culture, and that cultural representations play a major role in constructing dominant narratives. Furthermore, many scholars have... Read More about Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta.

Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia (2023)
Book Chapter
Phillips, A., & Di Buccio, S. (2023). Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia. In D. Jasinski, A. Phillips, & E. Johnston (Eds.), Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In Italy the term ‘mafia’ is used to refer to a number of different criminal organisations, including (but not limited to): Sicily’s cosa nostra; the camorra (from the region of Campania); the Calabrian ’ndrangheta; and Puglia’s Sacra Corona Unita, a... Read More about Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia.

Challenges in policing financial crime (2022)
Book Chapter
Young, M. A., & Phillips, A. (2022). Challenges in policing financial crime. In B. Rider (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Financial Crime (89-104). Edward Elgar Publishing

Law enforcement efforts to disrupt financial crime rest on a myriad of crime control policies which are designed outside of the interests of enforcement bodies. Neglecting to recognize the lived experiences of frontline officers threatens the effecti... Read More about Challenges in policing financial crime.