How did the popularity of the book & film "The Godfather" affect the self-image of American mafiosi as well as non-Italian-American organized crime?

by screwyoushadowban

As an aside can anyone recommend academic works on American and Canadian organized crime in the 20th century? Most of what's out there seems to be written by journalists and not historians, which is not to say that journalists can't do quality work, but there's also a lot of romanticization out there. And I haven't found any options in the r/askhistorians booklist, though I may have just looked in the wrong places.

Thanks!

Georgy_K_Zhukov

More can always be said, but this older answer might be of interest for you, from /u/lowercase_underscore.