Sinatra‚ famous crooner and actor‚ took the world by storm and was considered to be one of the most influential music artists of the 20th Century. Referred to as “the voice”‚ Sinatra lead a life of great wealth and fame‚ but also great controversy. The mafia‚ Chicago outfit‚ dating back over a century‚ were powerful and dangerous. Frank Sinatra’s alleged involvement with this crime-syndicate could be the most controversial aspect of his life. While some claim it’s impossible‚ there is far too much evidence
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The mafia has had history of violence for various reasons as the mafia has been glamorized through US film and literature as gangster culture. The Godfather has had one of the biggest impacts to the world‚ shedding light on how “cool” the mafia can be. There are many factors to show how appealing the mafia can be to others‚ as many of those factors are exaggerated. The authors and directors portray many things that are similar things and differences between the American mafia movies and Italian mafia
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Definition[edit] The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken".[1] The word was first used by Aristoteles and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits.[2] According to Morris‚[3] corruption is described as the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Senior‚[4] however‚ defines corruption as an action to (a) secretly provide (b) a good or a service to a third party (c) so that he or she can influence certain actions
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The American Gangster Interpretation of the American Dream Ridley Scott’s film American Gangster tells the story of Harlem gangster Frank Lucas and his rise to power in the late 1960s. However‚ underneath the plot of the film‚ American Gangster is an excellent case for a striving sociologist to dive headfirst into as it can have several models in the academic field of sociology. The Structural Functional Theory‚ the Symbolic Interactionist Theory and Conflict Theory can be used to explain the
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When emotions of fear and hate reaches their peak‚ desperate people revert to their savage selves to cause horrendous actions revolving around power and control. The thirst for power becomes overwhelming and blinds them to the consequences of their actions. As a result‚ violence slowly erupts in waves‚ building intensity over time‚ and eventually leads to brutal mob attacks. Hence‚ William Golding’s Lord of the Flies depicts that an impulse for power leads to an escalated pattern of violence as
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Scarface: The Shame of the Nation The rise from an ordinary middle class gangster to a notorious and high class ruler‚ “Scarface” is a story of a man who gets his dream and desired status in the gang world through multiple phases of killing and torturing others. It’s a story of Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) and his rise and fall as a gangster‚ a story of violence that ends in self-destruction. “Scarface” not only portrays the ruthless achievement of a gangster but also gives the reason behind their achievement
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Romario Honorat Kingpin is a story about a godlike Hacker known as Max Butler a.k.a. “Max Vision”. It talks about the illegal actions of this legendary hacker‚ with help from his hacking associates. In the book kingpin it talks about one of his most famous feats‚ which was an amazing hacking takeover of four of the criminal underground’s secret credit card forums‚ all of this which took place in August 2006. It was also said that he is somehow part of the TJX data breach‚ which was the theft and
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The Sicilian Mafia‚ or Cosa Nostra is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily‚ Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct. The origins lie in the upheaval of Sicily’s transition out of feudalism in 1812 and its later annexation by mainland Italy in 1860. Under feudalism‚ the nobility owned most of the land and enforced law and order through their private armies. After 1812‚ the feudal barons
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terrorism. The movie Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese is an example of what organized crime is. Similar to many other mafia movies Goodfellas exaggerates truths and adds finesse to improve the movie. The film starts with the main character‚ Henry Hill‚ stating that As far back as he could remember‚ he always wanted to be a gangster. As a boy‚ Henry quit school and went to work for mafia in his neighborhood. The local mob boss‚ Paul Cicero helps to cultivate
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When referring to the hierarchy‚ starting at the bottom feeders‚ there are the Associates. The Associates are not actual members of the Mafia‚ but rather anyone who teams up with them on a criminal enterprise of some kind. They could be someone who does business with the mob‚ including money-laundering bankers‚ crooked cops‚ lawyers‚ politicians‚ drug dealers‚ etc. The next rung of the
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