Dinamiche dell'estorsione e risposte di contrasto tra diritto e società

The book is one of the results of the Palermo unit of the European Project GLODERS, Global Dynamics of Extortion Racket Systems. After the Introduction by the editors, Militello describes the evolution of Italian anti-mafia policy; Siracusa analyzes the situation of the acquiescent entrepreneur; Scaglione shows the uses of crime mapping in the fight against present day Mafiosi; Punzo treats the process of extortion; Frazzica deals with quali-quantitative analyses of racket victims; Milia discusses the statistical trends; Trobia reviews the relevant approaches in the social sciences; Fici speaks about the reasons underlying the behavior of the victims; La Spina proposes a new taxonomy concerning entrepreneurs and a new criminal provision.