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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Rupp Cause and Effect 06 May 2014 Violent Media Influence With technology growing at a rapid pace‚ giving more and more teen’s access to the mass media outlets‚ teens are easily exposed to the violence of media. With all this access parental guidance is becoming more difficult to control. Video games‚ music‚ television and movies‚ to name a few‚ are displaying more violence each year. Video games are becoming increasingly graphic and more demanding of violent actions to win or achieve reward. The
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Violent Video Games Cause Behavioral Problems Fifty years ago‚ video games were just a mere fantasy. They were just simple concepts that some intelligent people worked hard on and gifted to the world. Now‚ these games have been held responsible for school shootings‚ for increases in bullying‚ and for violence towards women. Technology around the world is continuously advancing‚ including video games. Over time‚ they have become increasingly more interactive and influential. Destructive video games
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CELESTE CARTWRIGHT HISTORY 68 April 18‚ 2012 ASSIGNMENT #2 Sarah Hale and the Ladies Magazine In the late 1820s many women’s magazines were published but men were the ones who produced my men. This was because the legal status of women was over powered my men which was called coverture. This magazine was edited for by women‚ which has never been done according to Sarah Hale. In this magazine she defined to perimeters called “woman sphere”. It was basically teach women to get more familiar with
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Violent Video Games The future of entertainment revolves around technology. Video games become more and more realistic. The main consumers for violent video games are teens and young adults. These games encourage killing and fighting enemies. More ways of playing violent video games are created each year‚ but most of us have this question in mind. Violent video games influence young people to act aggressively‚ too much video game playing makes children socially isolated‚ and some video games teach
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‘Violent Sports should be Banned’ to start with‚ Sports is basically an activity done for pleasure‚ which needs physical effort and skill. Some people‚ who dedicate themselves to this activity‚ consider it as a passion to compete against others in their skill‚ ability and spirit. Sports also help in inculcating a certain discipline as well as the spirit of brotherhood or the ‘team spirit’ in the sports persons. Sports ideally are not meant to do anything with violence. Sports for some is a mode of
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know how to cooperate with them. Most importantly‚ technology have been around for so long. Without our realization‚ we are heavily relying on machines in order to carry out our daily life. It is almost save to say that it would be impossible to in our current world without using technologies. In “Smarter Than You Think” by Clive Thompson‚ the author is stating his idea on how humans are much better off when
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Sarah Osborne Dear Boston Globe‚ I am writing to you from my jail cell in the hope that you will publish my letter and let the world know my story. I was born as Sarah Warren in Watertown‚ Massachusetts in 1643. In 1662‚ at age 19‚ I married Robert Prince‚ a Salem Villager. He purchased a 150-acre farm‚ in Salem Village‚ next to Captain John Putman’s farm‚ and I moved in with him. Putman was our neighbor‚ my husband’s brother-in-law‚ and the executor of my husband’s will. We had two sons‚ whom
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the issue. I think that people should have the right to carry concealed guns but that there should also be a few more regulations. These rules and regulations should include instituting one-gun-purchase- per-month laws‚ and also requiring registration of all handguns. Another point in this section that grabbed my attention was President Clinton’s assault-weapons ban. I feel that this law should still be in place‚ because it allows people to carry guns but of a less lethal nature. This is my opinion
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Weapons Should college students and teachers have concealed weapons? A concealed weapon‚ or a concealed carry (CCW)‚ is when an instrument or device‚ used for attacking or defending in combat‚ is hidden when in public. College students that are 21 years old‚ or above‚ can legally hold a concealed weapon. In order to carry a concealed weapons‚ one must purchase a permit and be a resident of their state or country. Schools shouldn’t allow concealed weapons because weapons are too dangerous for college
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