Personal Perception of Organized Crime
Personal Perception of Organized Crime
Krystina Green
CJA/384
January 16, 2013
Richard Palomo
Personal Perception of Organized Crime
When I hear organized crime I think of the mafia. I would personally describe organized crime as a mafia hit. I would define it as a group of people who actually organize and plan out their crime. They figure out all the details including person, time, and place before committing the crime. I believe any crime can be organized not just mafia hits. Drugs cartels are another thing that comes to mind when I think about organized crime. Drug cartel members are not on the street selling drugs to whoever comes up asking for them. They usually move the drugs in bulk and have a major buyer. People who get involved with organized crime treat crime like it is a business and it is run as such.
According to Lyman and Potter (2007), law enforcement and the media interpreted organized crime as a single, monolithic criminal organization made up of criminals of Italian descent. During this same time academics and scholars also studied organized crime and found that there is no single, dominant crime organization but in fact organized crime is composed of multiple ethnic and transnational groups operating together or apart and in conjunction with legitimate businesses and political entities.
Organized crime can be defined as any group of individuals who form alliance for the purpose of obtaining personal, political, or financial gain and power. Some organizations consists of only one ethnicity that share one belief and have one main goal while others are multicultural, have multiple goals, and function in a uniquely. Although different organizations have different ethnicities, they each establish a network consisting of international and domestic connections and operate the same as a legitimate business. Organized crime organizations implement policies and procedures, and rules and regulations to maintain and provide consistency; prevent
Krystina Green
CJA/384
January 16, 2013
Richard Palomo
Personal Perception of Organized Crime
When I hear organized crime I think of the mafia. I would personally describe organized crime as a mafia hit. I would define it as a group of people who actually organize and plan out their crime. They figure out all the details including person, time, and place before committing the crime. I believe any crime can be organized not just mafia hits. Drugs cartels are another thing that comes to mind when I think about organized crime. Drug cartel members are not on the street selling drugs to whoever comes up asking for them. They usually move the drugs in bulk and have a major buyer. People who get involved with organized crime treat crime like it is a business and it is run as such.
According to Lyman and Potter (2007), law enforcement and the media interpreted organized crime as a single, monolithic criminal organization made up of criminals of Italian descent. During this same time academics and scholars also studied organized crime and found that there is no single, dominant crime organization but in fact organized crime is composed of multiple ethnic and transnational groups operating together or apart and in conjunction with legitimate businesses and political entities.
Organized crime can be defined as any group of individuals who form alliance for the purpose of obtaining personal, political, or financial gain and power. Some organizations consists of only one ethnicity that share one belief and have one main goal while others are multicultural, have multiple goals, and function in a uniquely. Although different organizations have different ethnicities, they each establish a network consisting of international and domestic connections and operate the same as a legitimate business. Organized crime organizations implement policies and procedures, and rules and regulations to maintain and provide consistency; prevent
References: Lyman, M. D., & Potter, G. W. (2007). Organized crime (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/content/eBookLibrary2/content/eReader.aspx?assetMetaId=1a9aa3e4-ed6f-47d0-9361-3b5b944422bd&assetDataId=b4a647fc-faa3-4074-9870-1e529aa017ca&assetpdfdataid=e05c3d09-f828-41eb-8fc5-87fb7cc26f9a.