A 1937 doctor’s testimony contradicts Duggan’s thesis denying Fascist-era mafia

Evidence

This document, incidentally, falls precisely in the Fascist period covered by Duggan (1989) and contradicts its thesis, which denies the existence of the mafia and dismisses this file in one sentence (p. 89). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 892

Categorization

• XREF: Historians denying the mafia existed parallels legal scholars denying extralegal governance structures — connects to reader’s private-enforcement literature.