Organized Crime

Sicilian Women Trade in Their Aprons for Murder Weapons

The Sicilian mafia once painted a portrait of their women; their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters, as sweet innocent objects…

2 weeks ago

Controlling Organized Crime

Throughout this document numerous characteristics of criminal organizations will be covered. Theories, such as the alien conspiracy, social control, differential…

6 months ago

Social Organized Crime Perspective

In order to understand some of the possible reasons behind criminals' actions, research is done to find answers. Comparing criminal…

7 months ago

Prison Gangs: The Aryan Brotherhood

The Aryan Brotherhood is a racially based biker gang which began to spread hatred in 1967, originating in San Quentin…

8 months ago

The Evolution of Organized Crime in the United States: African American and New Immigrant Mobs

In The New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America, William Kleinknecht discusses organized crime and the…

8 months ago

Prohibition and the Mob

In 1920 the 18th Amendment went into effect outlawing the production and sale of intoxicating alcohol; however, what most Americans…

2 years ago

Does Organized Crime Exist in Las Vegas?

As a regular writer of Las Vegas articles, I am often asked if I believe that there is still a…

3 years ago

Was Jack Ruby Involved with Organized Crime?

Since President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in November of 1963 in Dallas, Texas, the assassination…

4 years ago

A Winter Afternoon at Mount Airy Casino in the Poconos

An insistent opposition has dogged the development of a slots machine casino at the former Mount Airy Lodge in Mount…

4 years ago

Brief History of the Mafia and Organized Crime

Organized crime has deep roots in time. The Italian mafia was founded in Italy in the 1800's, originally as a…

4 years ago

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