@article{ref1,
title="Mafia and prostitution in Calabria, c .1880− c .1940",
journal="Past and present",
year="2016",
author="Dickie, John",
volume="232",
number="1",
pages="203-236",
abstract="The rules operative in the two major oath-bound criminal brotherhoods or mafias in Italy today, Cosa Nostra (Sicily) and the 'ndrangheta (Calabria), are notoriously flexible. 1 Antonino Calderone, a Sicilian mafioso who gave evidence in the late 1980s, reflected frequently on these rules; appropriately, his views were themselves flexible. At times he states that the mafia's codes are 'a bit like the laws of a state'; at other times he emphasizes the human factors that shape their interpretation:&quot;It should not be forgotten that the mafia is, indeed, the Mafia: the organization of all the men who have taken the oath; and it has precise rules. But it is still made up of men. And men have their preferences, dislikes and animosities. Even when they have senior positions in the organization.&quot;Elsewhere, Calderone all but dismisses the rules: 'Mafiosi have a whole...<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-2746",
doi="10.1093/pastj/gtw012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtw012"
}