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The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. A History of Women in the Mafia 1. Women in the Neapolitan Camorra β Felia Allum 2. An International Comparison 9. Conclusion But why extend the study of the role of women in mafia criminal activities to other criminal organizations not only in Italy but also in other countries?
In any case, this research is a valuable chance to further the understanding of organized crime internationally. As a research group, we are grateful to the City of Palermo for having supported and financed our studies as part of its project to encourage the development of a culture of legality. In this introduction, I present some general considerations that should be kept in mind in studying this subject. Individual researchers are not blank slates and inevitably operate with preconceived concepts and hypotheses that may prejudicially influence the interpretation of data.
However, these preconceptions should be kept in check as much as possible; research should be based on the empirical analysis of data instead of general preconceived ideas. An empirical analysis of data obviously does not suggest denying that the role of women in organized crime is the result of a heterogeneous mix of factors; not all these roles can be analyzed using strictly empirical methods, and so interpretation 1 2 Giovanni Fiandaca is to some extent unavoidable.
