Transcript CJ350 Organized Crime

CJ350 Organized Crime
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CJ350 Organized Crime
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Project 1: What have I Learned So Far? Grading Rubric CJ350 Organized Crime
Content / Development
70 Points
All key elements of the assignment are covered
in a substantive way.
The student Demonstrated their understanding
of organized crime:
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Discussed the major areas concerning the
foundations and definitions of organized
crime. By Comparing and contrasting at
least 2 definitions and 8 attributes of
organized crime and provide supporting
explanation of each relating them to
organized crime's foundations.

Discussed how organized crime gained a
foothold in the United States.
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Discussed how organized crime groups
sought to influence government.
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Discussed the organization of organized
crime groups in the post-Prohibition era.
The paper is 2-4 pages in length.
The paper develops a central theme or idea,
directed toward the appropriate audience.
Major points are stated clearly, are supported by
specific details, examples, or analysis, and are
organized logically.
The introduction provides sufficient background
on the topic and previews major points.
The conclusion is logical, flows from the body
of the paper, and reviews the major points.
Points Earned
XX/70
Additional Comments:
Readability and Style
15 Points
Points Earned
XX/15
Additional Comments:
Paragraph transitions are present and
logical and maintain the flow throughout
the paper.
The tone is appropriate to the content and
assignment.
Sentences are complete, clear, and
concise.
Sentences are well-constructed, with
consistently strong, varied sentences.
Mechanics
15 Points
Points Earned
XX/15
Additional Comments:
The paper, including the title page,
reference page, tables, and appendices
follow APA guidelines for format.
Citations of original works within the
body of the paper follow APA guidelines.
The paper is laid out with effective use of
headings, font styles, and white space.
Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation
are followed.
Spelling is correct.
Weeks Late <0> x 5%
<-0> points
Total
100 Points
Overall Comments:
Points Earned
XX/100
THE STRAIN of ANOMIE
 Americans’ _________?__ __________ (preoccupation
with economic success) emphasizes ___?__, not ___?__.
 Moral or legal factors do not limit means.
 Anomie results from the contradiction between goals
and means.
 The ___?___ of pursuing goals without means helps
explain criminality.
 Criminals play the goals game differently: they play it
the only way they know how. (The ends-justifies-themeans)
THE STRAIN of ANOMIE
 Americans’ pathological materialism (preoccupation
with economic success) emphasizes goals, not means.
 Moral or legal factors do not limit means.
 Anomie results from the contradiction between goals
and means.
 The strain of pursuing goals without means helps
explain criminality.
 Criminals play the goals game differently: they play it
the only way they know how. (The ends-justifies-themeans)
DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION
 All behavior is ____?____.
 Learning occurs in intimate groups.
 What is learned depends on ____?____, ____?____ and
____?___ ?_ ___?_______.
 When associations are criminal, actors learn
techniques, drives, attitudes, and rationalizations that
precondition criminal behavior.
DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION
 All behavior is learned.
 Learning occurs in intimate groups.
 What is learned depends on intensity, frequency and
duration of association.
 When associations are criminal, actors learn
techniques, drives, attitudes, and rationalizations that
precondition criminal behavior.
SUBCULTURES and SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION
 ___?___: a source of patterning in human conduct;
social relationships and shared meanings that give
order, expression, and value to common experiences.
 ____?____: value judgments or a social value system,
which is apart from a larger or central value system.
 ____?__: group-held prescriptions for or prohibitions
against certain conduct.
SUBCULTURES and SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION
 Culture: a source of patterning in human conduct;
social relationships and shared meanings that give
order, expression, and value to common experiences.
 Subculture: value judgments or a social value system,
which is apart from a larger or central value system.
 Norms: group-held prescriptions for or prohibitions
against certain conduct.
SUBCULTURES and SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION
 ________?_ ______: focus on drug usage; rejection of
economic success goals in favor of the ‘high.’
 ________?_ _______: status gained through violence;
rejection of economic success goals in favor of the
‘score.’
 ________?_/____ ________: gang activities devoted to
utilitarian criminality; an adaptation that
approximates OC.
SUBCULTURES and SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION
 Retreatist subculture: focus on drug usage; rejection of
economic success goals in favor of the ‘high.’
 Conflict subculture: status gained through violence;
rejection of economic success goals in favor of the
‘score.’
 Criminal/rackets subculture: gang activities devoted to
utilitarian criminality; an adaptation that
approximates OC.
The roots and culture of some neighborhoods explain why
gangsters come from areas where gang tradition is old and where
adolescents, through differential association, absorb attitudes and
skills needed in the world of OC.
•Members of OC have typically emerged from _____?_ ________.
•_same as above_ _____ traditionally provide recruiting grounds
for OC.
•From these neighborhoods, entry into OC is characterized by
_______?_ _________: Conditions of deprivation with little access
to ladders of legitimate success.
The roots and culture of some neighborhoods explain why
gangsters come from areas where gang tradition is old and where
adolescents, through differential association, absorb attitudes and
skills needed in the world of OC.
•Members of OC have typically emerged from defended
neighborhoods.
•Defended neighborhoods traditionally provide recruiting grounds
for OC.
•From these neighborhoods, entry into OC is characterized by
differential opportunity: Conditions of deprivation with little access
to ladders of legitimate success.
SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY
 How the community influences members to conform with
behavioral norms.
 Delinquency results when societal bond is weak or
broken.
 Strength of bond is determined by:
o _______?__ ______: The superego, a conscience-like guilt mechanism.
o ________?_ _______: Public disapproval, shame, ostracism; fear of
punishment.
SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY
 How the community influences members to conform with
behavioral norms.
 Delinquency results when societal bond is weak or
broken.
 Strength of bond is determined by:
o Internal restraints: The superego, a conscience-like guilt mechanism.
o External restraints: Public disapproval, shame, ostracism; fear of
punishment.
Official deterrence—the force of law—is measured by risk versus
reward.
Risk is the perceived ability of the criminal justice system to __?__,
___?_____, and ___?___.
Risk is weighed against potential rewards.
Risk and reward are relative to one’s socioeconomic situation: The
less one has to lose, the more willing they might be to engage in
risk.
Official deterrence—the force of law—is measured by risk versus
reward.
Risk is the perceived ability of the criminal justice system to detect,
apprehend, and convict.
Risk is weighed against potential rewards.
Risk and reward are relative to one’s socioeconomic situation: The
less one has to lose, the more willing they might be to engage in
risk.
ETHNIC SUCCESSION
 An _________ group experiences success in crime, gains
access to legitimate opportunities.
 Group seizes __________ opportunities, moves out of OC,
creates innovation opportunity for succeeding immigrant
group.
 Thesis posits persons involved in OC are not committed to
a _______ subculture, but merely using most available
means to achieve economic success.
ETHNIC SUCCESSION
 An immigrant group experiences success in crime, gains
access to legitimate opportunities.
 Group seizes legitimate opportunities, moves out of OC,
creates innovation opportunity for succeeding immigrant
group.
 Thesis posits persons involved in OC are not committed to
a deviant subculture, but merely using most available
means to achieve economic success.
The History of Organized Crime
The History of Organized Crime
1840–1900: About 4.75 million ____ immigrants entered the
U.S. and:
• settled mostly in urban areas;
• joined the __________ Party; and
• swarmed into local politics.
Irish political success:
• coincided with lower crime rates among
Irish immigrants (until Prohibition);
• was advanced by their ability to speak
English, their knowledge of government,
and the timing of their arrival in the U.S.
The Irish connected in the ______, a welcome refuge from
slum dwellings.
The History of Organized Crime
1840–1900: About 4.75 million Irish immigrants entered the
U.S. and:
• settled mostly in urban areas;
• joined the Democratic Party; and
• swarmed into local politics.
Irish political success:
• coincided with lower crime rates among
Irish immigrants (until Prohibition);
• was advanced by their ability to speak
English, their knowledge of government,
and the timing of their arrival in the U.S.
The Irish connected in the saloon, a welcome refuge from
slum dwellings.
The History of Organized Crime
THE SALOON and the MACHINE
• Saloons became neighborhood centers
and bases for _________ activity.
• Cities were divided into ______ or _________,
further divided into electoral precincts.
• Saloon keepers influenced customers and
votes—they delivered precincts, and thus
controlled wards or districts.
• By 1890, most big-city Democratic political
machines—including New York’s _______
____—were controlled by Irish bosses.
The History of Organized Crime
THE SALOON and the MACHINE
• Saloons became neighborhood centers
and bases for political activity.
• Cities were divided into wards or districts,
further divided into electoral precincts.
• Saloon keepers influenced customers and
votes—they delivered precincts, and thus
controlled wards or districts.
• By 1890, most big-city Democratic political
machines—including New York’s Tammany
Hall—were controlled by Irish bosses.
The History of Organized Crime
UNDERWORLD and UPPERWORLD
• Business interests promoted __________ and
government inefficiency to plunder the treasury.
• Business and political figures took _____ and
personal services from __________ figures.
• In return, political figures offered only token
interference to underworld criminal activity.
• Bribery of ______ officials was common.
• Patterns of corruption-reform-corruption-reform
mixed sham investigations with public hearings.
The History of Organized Crime
UNDERWORLD and UPPERWORLD
• Business interests promoted corruption and
government inefficiency to plunder the treasury.
• Business and political figures took money and
personal services from underworld figures.
• In return, political figures offered only token
interference to underworld criminal activity.
• Bribery of police officials was common.
• Patterns of corruption-reform-corruption-reform
mixed sham investigations with public hearings.
The History of Organized Crime
PROHIBITION
Temperance movements date from the
early days of the republic.
Organizations included:
• Prohibition Party
• Women’s Christian Temperance Union
• Anti-Saloon League
National prohibition was measure passed
by _____ America against _____ America.
1919: Eighteenth Amendment ratified and
________ Act passed.
The History of Organized Crime
PROHIBITION
Temperance movements date from the
early days of the republic.
Organizations included:
• Prohibition Party
• Women’s Christian Temperance Union
• Anti-Saloon League
National prohibition was measure passed
by rural America against urban America.
1919: Eighteenth Amendment ratified and
Volstead Act passed.
The History of Organized Crime
PROHIBITION
•Prohibition changed relationships among vice
entrepreneurs, gang leaders, and ___________.
• Pre-1920 political boss was patron because he
provided protection from law enforcement.
• The violence of Prohibition made physical
protection more important.
• Gang bosses controlled the violence.
• Prohibition turned gangs into _______ through
syndication—unprecedented cooperation
between regional gang _______.
The History of Organized Crime
PROHIBITION
•Prohibition changed relationships among vice
entrepreneurs, gang leaders, and politicians.
• Pre-1920 political boss was patron because he
provided protection from law enforcement.
• The violence of Prohibition made physical
protection more important.
• Gang bosses controlled the violence.
• Prohibition turned gangs into empires through
syndication—unprecedented cooperation
between regional gang leaders.
The History of Organized Crime
Making of the Mob 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcttiLVCh0w
The History of Organized Crime
The Rockefellers Exposed ½
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUNoFodlIOY
CJ350 Organized Crime
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