SOC208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Loan Shark, Public Knowledge, Money Laundering
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Money laundering (proceeds of crime into real money. State definition - like a large legitimate corporation, which it resembles, cosa. Nostra has both kinds of positions, making it both a business organization and a government. Mafia - boss is a boss is a boss. Flexibility - continually changing, adaptable, impacted by market conditions. Integral to segments of society, demand, social and political support ocial violence and political support. Relationship w. state corrupts public officials makes use of existing corrupt relations. Master status - something that happens to you and impacts the rest of your life (how you see yourself) Symapethic bystander - out of relationship with you (your mom)or sympathetic. Faciliator - may not participate but lend support. Unwitting accomplice - directly contribute without being aware. If u rent a van and kill someone in it, rental company didn"t know. Relations that enable interaction to further criminal activity whenever need or opportunity arises.
