SOCI-224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Undercover Cops, Victimless Crime, Actus Reus
Document Summary
A criminal organization however organized that is composed of 3 or more purposes, and has 1 or more purposes or activities that will have indirect or direct benefit by the group of any individuals in a group. Does not include a group of persons how get together randomly to accomplish one offence. This crime is around for years and operates the same way a legitimate business does. But the goal is the same and that is to make money (black market versus legitimate market). Hierarchies, levels of knowledge, authority and different divine in organized crime. Rational choice theory: recognizes that the vast majority of instances the benefits far outweigh the costs. Those who are most vulnerable to arrest, prosecution and conviction are those who are on the front line (street dealers). As you move up the ladder, those at the top are insulated by so much responsibility that it"s difficult to connect them to the crime.
