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    however once you pay for the job which I was contracted to do‚ you are the owner of said documentation. Submitted Below is a Brief Sample of MY Work What are the basic requirements for membership in an organized crime family‚ and what are the key advantages and disadvantages to being a member? Cosa Nostra‚ aka Mafia‚ was born in Sicily in the 19th century

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    In the fifteenth century; the Yakuza organized group began. This is when the Kabuki-mono known as the crazy ones‚ dressed is different outfits that were abnormal to others and carried swords while frightening societies. In the 1600’s the group Yakuza of organized crime has roughly eighty-five billion dollars in possessions and about one hundred fifteen thousand members. They are known for being the most effective and controlling groups in organized crime due to their corporate blackmail‚ gambling

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    Al Capone‚ and Organized Crime left a broken crime wave in the Cook County Urban Community. Certainly‚ youth isn’t supposed to be experiencing how to become successful criminals. Yet‚ a west side Chicago‚ youth faced an uncertain future one’s approach with gang member in the community. Cook County‚ “is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the second-most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County‚ California.”(Wikipedia‚ as of 2015). However‚ 1247 S Spaulding‚ Chicago

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    Who was the biggest and most daring criminal during the Roaring twenties when bootlegging and was at it organized crime was at its peak? Many would say it was Al Capone. Alfonso Caponi was born in Brooklyn‚ New York in January of 1899. He was the fourth child of ten children born to his family. Al Capone was a normal kid growing up‚ that is until he got into an altercation with his 6th grade teacher and afterwards was whipped by his principle. Even though Capone was 14 years-old at the time he

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    0195370447_0094-0141_CH_05.qxp 6/18/08 9:51 AM Page 94 CHAPTER 5 Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior I: The Social-Structural Approach Lionel Tate was only 12 when he killed his playmate‚ only 14 when he was tried and convicted in 2001 as an adult and sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole. In 2003‚ a Florida court ordered a new trial‚ ruling that Tate was entitled to a hearing on the issue of whether he understood the charges against him and could participate

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    As he pronounced‚ “The first step in community organizing is community disorganization‚” (Alinsky) achieved by identifying the controversial issues upon which people feel most compelled to act. He felt that it is the organizer’s role to be an outsider who agitates the targeted group and then listens to the concerns they have. He

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    During the the Prohibition Era the United States banned the production‚ transportation‚ and sale of alcoholic beverages through the eighteenth amendment. The eighteenth amendment caused the rise of organized crimes. Then there was the World Series fixing incidence were eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing to gain money. Or the Harding Administration and the Teapot Scandal. The Harding Administration was when Harding appointed his poker friends to his cabinet

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    especially the police. Chaos and corruption was common amongst immigrant populated areas and authorities had no control over it. These mobsters weren ’t natives‚ they too were immigrants... Though the who is considered the godfather of American organized crime was Arnold Rothstein who actually wasn ’t an immigrant‚ but he had a heavy influence ounce in the dealing of immigrant mobsters such as Al Capone. Arnold Rothstein was born January 17‚ 1882 in New York City to a religious Jewish family

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    reaped more than substantial yields. Crime experienced leaps in its popularity through so much illegal drinking as well as romanticized gangsters; however‚ due to gangsters’ publicized violence leading to their downfall‚ the emergence of the highly organized mobster soon followed. The 18th

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    Social Construction of Crime The obvious definition of crime is the legal definition of an act which breaks the law. It is a social construction as it varies across culture‚ time and law. Crime is defined by a society’s own rules‚ norms and beliefs at any given time in history. Hazel Croall emphasizes pathological way and social construction of crime in the book. An analysis of reasons of crime reveals the fact that crime is a functional part of a society‚ constructed by society in political‚

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