Preview

Mafia

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
19256 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Mafia
30017_CH15_398_431_r7.qxp

4/7/06

3:13 PM

Page 398

© Jones and Bartlett Publishers. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER

15

OBJECTIVES
Explain the similarities between organized crime and legitimate business enterprises.

Identify different categories of white-collar crimes.

Describe the characteristics of organized crime groups in the United States.

Explain white-collar crimes with historic and present examples. Recognize the difficulties in using current criminological theories to explain white-collar criminals. Describe factors that influence sentencing for whitecollar criminals.

Understand the complexities in defining white-collar crimes. 1st pass Pages

Identify societal impacts of white-collar crimes.

30017_CH15_398_431_r7.qxp

4/7/06

3:13 PM

Page 399

© Jones and Bartlett Publishers. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION

Crimes of the Powerful:
Organized and
White-Collar
Crime

“

Modern crime, like modern business, is tending toward centralization, organization, and commercialization. Ours is a business nation. Our criminals apply business methods. The men and women of evil have formed trusts.

FEATURES
YOU ARE THE CRIMINOLOGIST
Headline Crime
THEORY IN ACTION
LINKS
WRAP UP

—Colonel Henry Barrett Chamberlain1
Director, Chicago Crime Commission (1919)

”

YOU ARE THE CRIMINOLOGIST
CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
KEY TERMS
NOTES
WWW.CRIMINOLOGY.JBPUB.COM
Interactivities
In the News
Key Term Explorer
Web Links
399

1st pass Pages

30017_CH15_398_431_r7.qxp

4/7/06

3:13 PM

Page 400

© Jones and Bartlett Publishers. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION

YOU ARE THE CRIMINOLOGIST
Organized Crime Sleeps with the Phishes
Two alleged Mafia members in the Gambino crime family pled guilty to charges that they used the Internet to defraud customers out of more than $650 million. They also used telephones to attract victims by making offers of free
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    The Power Of Crime Family: After Lucky Luciano
    • 82 Words
    • 1 Page

    The Power Of Crime Family: After Lucky Luciano

    After Lucky Luciano went to prison in 1936, Costello became the boss of the Luciano crime family, the most powerful crime family in New York and one of the Five Families of the New York Mafia.…

    • 82 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Al Capone's Crackdown: Racketeering In Chicago
    • 1289 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Al Capone's Crackdown: Racketeering In Chicago

    The first mobster job of Al Capone was a crackdown on racketeering in Chicago that involved moving operations to Cicero. His brothers, Frank and Ralph, assisted him in infiltrating the police and the government departments. They took leading positions between them within Cicero city government in addition to running gambling clubs, brothels, and racetracks. Al Capone kidnapped the election workers of the opponents and threatened the voters with violence. Capone’s brother, Frank was shot dead in a shootout with several of Chicago's plain clothed police officers.…

    • 1289 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Organized Crime Case Study
    • 216 Words
    • 1 Page

    Organized Crime Case Study

    3. What was the President's Commission on Organized Crime? What did the Commission reveal about Organized Crime?…

    • 216 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    drug cartels
    • 854 Words
    • 4 Pages

    drug cartels

    3. When she says that she means that we have forgotten speech it means that she keeps on saying it wrong over and over again that it is going to get stuck like that because how use to stuff we get like say if I put my left sock on before my right sock every morning it’s not like one day I am going to decide to put my right one on first because then my whole day will be off.…

    • 854 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Soprano's Personal Perception Of Organized Crime
    • 874 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Soprano's Personal Perception Of Organized Crime

    AbstractOne 's personal perception of organized crime is different for each student; as a criminal organization does not require any single domination, such as Irish, Mexican, Italian, or Chinese, as most would believe. This author 's perception believes all dominations share one instinct; secrecy in all their dealings with business. Many have legitimate businesses and some illegal businesses. There are covers for each illegal business and perhaps two books lead by the loyal accountant. Most of these individuals are extremely hard to apprehend as one is difficult to identify, especially when an organization is considered well organized. This becomes an unmanageable situation in many cases because task forces find it hard to analyze such actions. In other words, it is quite a challenge for law enforcement to apprehend mafia members (Lyman and Potter, 2007).…

    • 874 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Al Capone: The Rise Of Organized Crime In Italy
    • 591 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Al Capone: The Rise Of Organized Crime In Italy

    The 1920s was time of music and literature but it was also a decade of crime. This rise of illegality was not random but caused by prohibition and immigration. The advancement of guns also helped gangs progress. One of the most important figureheads of this era was Al Capone. Organized crime flourished during the 1920s in America.…

    • 591 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Mexican Drug Cartels
    • 3391 Words
    • 14 Pages

    Mexican Drug Cartels

    Mexico was once sought a place to go and visit just south of the border. Many American Citizens would go to see the nice beaches, eat some delicious seafood that was surprisingly better priced than it was here in the U.S and just have a mini vacation that was only about a 2 hour drive. However those days are long gone. Ongoing violence has broken out, even Mexican citizens fear for their safety in their own home. That cause of all this you ask; Mexican Drug Cartels. Mexican Drug Cartels have hit the news and have become more than just a group of people dealing drugs, they reached the highest level of crime there is too reach, and they are an Organized Crime organization. Let’s take it back to see how this once tourist filled country became the home to some of the most violent and heartless organizations the world has seen to date.…

    • 3391 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Gang
    • 1579 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Gang

    The Bloods where founded in Los Angeles, California during the summer of 1972 by the gangs Pirus, Lueders Park Hustlers, Brims, Denver Lanes, and Bishops. They have some where between 30,000-35,000 members most members are African-Americans.…

    • 1579 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Al Capone Gangsters
    • 608 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Al Capone Gangsters

    During the nineteen centuries, Prohibition had America in fits. Reformers and politics debated on the sale of alcohol. Many gangsters ran the united states, like” Al capone”. The 18th amendment led to prohibition, bootlegging, and speakeasies happen throughout decades, making it hard for prohibition to be enforce.…

    • 608 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    The Atf
    • 5288 Words
    • 22 Pages

    The Atf

    Ammerman, N. (2003, September 3). Report to the justice and treasury departments. Retrieved from http://dcommon.bu.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2144/14/ReportOnBranchDavidians.html?sequence=1…

    • 5288 Words
    • 22 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Gambino Organized Crime
    • 283 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Gambino Organized Crime

    With regards to similarities between the Gambino organized crime family and Al Qaeda terrorist groups the influences in the modern-day world have made the growth of these organizations possible. The technology available today has made it easier for international communication, cell phones, email and the internet expand reach into all corners of the world. The organized crime family can use this technology to arrange drug trafficking, from anywhere in the world to create large profits. Similarly, the Al Qaeda group also uses technology to arrange trafficking of drugs, these profits are used to fund the continued terrorist attacks they carry out in different cities around the world. There is evidence that Al Qaeda and families in the Mafia have…

    • 283 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    gangs
    • 715 Words
    • 2 Pages

    gangs

    Standing around waiting under the blazing hot sun my group of friends Brad a tall meathead, Jake a tall snake, Brandon a average white boy and there is me a small light skinned Mexican. Waiting patiently in line, one by one thousand of fans are trying to go in to this big salmon and aqua green color building. Before we can go in we have to pass-by security first, taking off my hat and everything out of my pockets. This gigantic security guard waves the metal detector wand to see if I was carrying any contraband like mini shot bottles or a M-16 assault rifle. Luckily, they did not find Brads and Jakes plastic flask that was hiding in their sock. After everyone passes the security check, we are ready to go in with all the same fans that have the same passions as we do.…

    • 715 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Thugs
    • 407 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Thugs

    Police officers place themselves in danger every day. Danger is an inherent condition and circumstance of the job of serving and protecting the public. Police officers are injured and some have been killed in the line of duty enforcing the law and defending the justice system. The job of a police officer is to protect the life and safety of others, which means placing themselves at risk while performing their duties. Police training can lead to success of police officer preventing or limiting dangerous situations by anticipating and de-escalating the situations before they become elevated.…

    • 407 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Mafia Theory
    • 423 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Mafia Theory

    David E. Scheim has published two books claiming that the Mafia were responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He believes that it was organized by Carlos Marcello, Santos Trafficante and Jimmy Hoffa. This theory is based on the idea that the Mafia were angry with both John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy for their attempts to destroy organized crime. Scheim's theory was supported by Trafficante's lawyer, Frank Ragano, who published the book Mob Lawyer, in 1994. The theory is also supported by the investigative journalist, Jack Anderson.…

    • 423 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Gang
    • 606 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Gang

    Should stiffer penalties be enforced against gang crimes? Yes, Gangs are groups of three or more people who band together for protection and socialization gain. By joining, members take on the common identity of the gang. Street gangs have existed in the U.S. since the time of the American Revolution. The presence of street gangs in the U.S. has since increased exponentially, affecting as many as 3,550 jurisdictions in 2007. The growing presence of street gangs in the U.S. is such that, in recent years, there have been reports of gang activity breaking into some of the most closely guarded groups in America such as the armed forces and professional sports leagues. This increased presence of street gangs in the U.S. has led to a call for stiffer penalties for gang-related crimes. Advocates of stiffer penaltie…

    • 606 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More

Related Topics