And you can also read:

John Follain: 'Dishonoured Society' Chapter 1
Gaia Servadio: 'The Maffia' Chapter 2
Pieter Feller: 'Maffia' Chapter 1
Letizia Paoli: 'Mafia Brotherhoods' Chapter 5

And I think I can search for some books more in my collection.

@DiMaggio:

The origins of the word are most probably not from the one you mention:

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