All Outputs (4)

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.

Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges (2023)
Book
Jasinski, D., Phillips, A., & Johnston, E. (Eds.). (2023). Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Organised crime and financial crime are pressing global problems, increasingly recognised as policy priorities both by national governments and international bodies and corporations. This proudly interdisciplinary collection is built on the premise t... Read More about Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges.

‘Through the back door' Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice (2023)
Book Chapter
Smith, T., & Johnston, E. (2023). ‘Through the back door' Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice. In E. Johnston, & A. Pivaty (Eds.), Efficiency and Bureaucratisation of Criminal Justice Global Trends. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003207818

This chapter charts the evolution of managerialism in England and Wales through the lens of defence lawyers. Drawn from two PhD studies, the chapter advances empirical evidence of the implicit rise of managerialism in England and Wales. The chapter a... Read More about ‘Through the back door' Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice.