Felia Allum

Articles by: Felia Allum

Fighting organised crime: Lessons to learn from how Italy tackles the mafia

18th February 2020

Dr Felia Allum - Senior Lecturer, University of Bath

OPINION: Dr Felia Allum argues that perhaps a new approach is needed to fight organised crime – one that is less centred around the moment a crime is committed, and takes a wider view of the membership and organisational structures of the groups behind those crimes. Are there lessons to learn from how Italy tackles the mafia?

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Felia Allum
Senior Lecturer in Italian and Politics, University of Bath
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Dr Felia Allum joined the Department in 2002 as Lecturer in Italian History and Politics. She did a degree in Politics at the University of Newcastle and a MSc (Econ) in European Politics and Policy at the London School of Economics. She completed her PhD on the Neapolitan Camorra in the Government Department at the University of Brunel (West London) in 2000 where she was a graduate teaching assistant. Before coming to Bath, she was a lecturer in European Politics in the Polis Institute at the University of Leeds. She is co-convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on organised crime. Dr Allum is bilingual in English and French and speaks fluent Italian.