How Mafia Organizations use Rituals as a Weapon

How Mafia Organizations use Rituals as a Weapon

The use of rituals is a key part of how mafia organizations maintain power and control. By instilling loyalty and obedience in members, and by reinforcing the boss’s position of authority, these rituals help to ensure that the organisation runs smoothly and efficiently.

Family Formation Processes – Discuss the shift from the traditional nuclear family to the contemporary, often increasingly, ‘unclear family’ (Simpson)

Family Formation Processes - Discuss the shift from the traditional nuclear family to the contemporary, often increasingly, ‘unclear family’ (Simpson)

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, industrialisation in the Western world led to a shift from an agrarian to a “job” based economy, creating employment opportunities that resulted in a tectonic shift in the mechanics of influence within kinship systems in these societies and the associated family formation processes.