ON THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME By Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas Department of Economics University of California‚ Irvine Irvine‚ CA 92697 Revised: February 13‚ 2008 Prepared for inclusion in: Garoupa‚ Nuno (ed.)‚ Criminal Law and Economics ABSTRACT: The core function of organized crime is the selling of protection. Protection can be real‚ against third-party crime‚ or manufactured by the organized crime groups themselves. Mafias and gangs emerge in areas of weak state control‚ because
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Social Organized Crime Perspective Paper Jesus "AJ" Lozano-McNeely CJA / 384 Criminal Organization University of Phoenix December 1‚ 2014 Ms. Pamela Linden Social Organized Crime Perspective In this paper‚ the author will explain and discuss the term social institution as applied to organized crime. It will also argue for which empirical and speculative theories are most applicable when applied to organized crime and criminal behavior. At least four references will be cited from assigned readings
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Organized Crime / Corporate Crime The difference between white collar crime and corporate crime are very slight. White collar crime is usually conducted by people and corporate crimes are conducted by an organization. White collar crime is usually conducted by higher classed individuals such as CEO’s or high level employee’s of an organization. The individuals utilize the organization in order to exploit the company’s investors or employee’s. A corporate crime utilizes the organization to break
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1. What is the “Symbolic Relationship” between organized crime and politicians? Organized crime cannot successfully thrive and profit without a corrupt political system. Both public officials and the business sector play an integral role in organized crime. The “symbolic relationship” between organized crime and politicians can be described by the following: corrupt officials provide so called favors to organized crime groups in exchange for campaign contributions‚ electoral votes and respectability
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Introduction Italians are at the forefront whenever you speak of a culture with enormous success that stemmed from organized crime. Unlike them‚ there has been one culture of people that has actually remained in the shadows while conducting business. There has been one culture of people that has done organized crime the right way without much of the United States ties. They have their own governments and they operate under their own rules. That culture of people is the Asian community. Thoughts/Opinions
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idea of a possible correlation between youth organized sports and youth crime rates. Sports are able to teach youth discipline‚ honesty‚ character building and social skills. Since there are not many variables in the data being researched most data will be taken from case studies and examples. Although there are a lot of variables regarding youth crime it would take too much time and effort to try and pinpoint all the different factors affecting youth crime (socio-economic‚ cultural influences etc.
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CIS170 Fighting Digital Crime Professor Randy Smith February 27‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to explain the existing challenges that result from the independent nature of federal agencies‚ as well as the other factors that are common to each of them and discuss how the U.S. could align these efforts to better protect the nation against digital crimes and terrorism. The National Security Agency (NSA) aims to use social media and improved data sharing as part of an enhanced strategy
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organizational analysis that describes organized crime as a business enterprise. As such‚ please discuss the value and nature of violence within this context. How does violence‚ therefore‚ impact the nature of profitability‚ corruption‚ and the accumulation of wealth? Finally‚ what does this suggest about the relationship between organizational success and profitability. "Organized crime‚" as commonly understood today‚ is identical with economic enterprise organized for the purpose of conducting illegal
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Organized-Crime “Narco is rooted in society‚ so is corruption” - Ismael El Mayo Zambada What happens in Mexico is big; the whole country is living with corruption and organized crime for many years. The government‚ civil society and even the international community are fighting against it‚ but it still seems to be war‚ it still seems to be a mess. As Zambada‚ one of the biggest cartel leaders said in an interview: “The government arrived late to the (drug) fight. Nobody can solve in days problems
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To conclude‚ Transnational Organized Crime poses a significant threat to the international community because it can be associated with terrorism; it allows for the legitimacy of a state to be undermined; and because it affects both strong and weak states. Since 9/11‚ terrorism has been a huge threat for the security of most countries around the world. Recent attacks in Paris and Brussels only contribute to the fear that the West has of terrorist organizations. With the convergence of terrorist organizations
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