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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Your Grade: 90.4 A- Informative introduction to the topic‚ a controversial issue (worth 15%) 87 ~political or historical context ~facts or statistics ~examples or anecdotes ~quotations from authorities and experts Informative introduction to two sources (web pages‚ articles‚ editorials‚ or essays) and their opposing positions on the issue (worth 20%) 90 ~two authors’ names ~their professional affiliations or credentials ~titles of the two sources ~publication information ~each
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Crime: - An action that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law. Unlawful activity. An unjust‚ senseless‚ or disgraceful act or condition. Society sees most crimes‚ such as robbery‚ assault‚ battery‚ rape‚ murder‚ burglary‚ and fraud‚ as deviant. Types Of Crime: - 1. Crimes Against Persons:- Crimes against persons‚ also called personal crimes‚ include murder‚ aggravated assault‚ rape‚ and robbery. 2. Crimes Against Property: - Property crimes
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Only when learning from the past then can we prevent and come up with better solutions to alleviate future crimes. We cannot afford to forget past crimes and the lessons it teaches us. Crimes that were committed many years ago should not be forgotten that easily. Some people believe that crimes committed should just be forgotten for everyone to move on with their lives since those crimes are historical events‚ which are meaningless to remember now. They feel that this is particularly true for
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…. STREET CRIME or WHITE COLLAR CRIME? By general definition‚ a crime is a wronging‚ proclaimed by law against society. All acts of disobeying the law are crimes. Be it an assault or embezzlement one has committed a wrong. Yet we have learned values and morals from our surroundings which gave us concepts of the degree of harm pertaining to a particular crime. Our normal concept of crime is usually that of a physical one. We as a society‚ generally conjure images of a personal assault on oneself
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Legalize Steroids In Sports Ben Johnson was one of the first superstar athletes to be caught using steroids and was stripped of his 100m gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. He was eventually banned for life in 1993 for testing positive again (Richardson 2010). Performance enhancing drugs have become widely used since the 1970’s and have only increased in the numbers of athletes using the drugs to up their endurance and perform to their greatest potential. Professionals such as Barry Bonds‚ Jose
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Rebuttal Article “Why it’s time to legalize steroids in professional sports” written by Chris Smith of Forbes Magazine argues that to level the playing field of professional sports it would be beneficial to legalize the use of performance enhancing drugs. Mr. Smith’s ideals that professional sports would be a fairer‚ more entertaining version of itself if performance enhancing drugs were legal‚ is an incredibly irresponsible and impudent declaration. Mr. Smith states “The primary reason why performance
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The Legalization of Jueteng in the Philippines Jueteng originated from China. It came from two words “jue” that means “flower” and “teng” which means “bet”. It is Illegal but is still being played by both poor and rich and it is a widely popular game. The Present Administration of the Philippines and the Church is against its legalization while other politicians and the people involved with the game continue to persuade them to legalize it. Jueteng is an illegal game played in most
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how should sporting codes deal with the problem of PED’S With the recent implication of world renowned sporting superstar Lance Armstrong‚ in one of the largest doping controversies of all time‚ the question has been raised in the public domain as to whether sporting codes should permit the use of performance enhancements. Sporting codes should legalize and regulate the use of performance enhancement drugs in professional sports‚ as they have become the biggest scourge of professional sports leagues
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Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States that is widely accepted as a social drug that is rarely looked down upon by many people. Many people think that marijuana should be legalized and the process has already begun “nevertheless‚ some medical practitioners and lawmakers continue to argue against legalization;” Marijuana treats serious diseases such as aids‚ glaucoma‚ cancer‚ multiple sclerosis‚ epilepsy‚ and chronic pain. One of the main arguments against legalization
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