CC205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Mafia, Profit Motive, Sacra Corona Unita
Document Summary
Media portrayals of organized crime 1. the myth of the god father (honorable boss/gangster, family man. Criminal organizations are secret (difficult to access, dangerous for researcher, ethical issues for researcher: who"s telling the truth? (numerous books/autobiographies, conflicting stories, diverging accounts, self-serving accounts, selling the story the profit motive) Profit motive and definition of oc there is no single accepted definition of organized crime. Oc is any structured criminal group that comes together to further its unlawful activities, motivation is purely profit. It is defined by canada"s criminal code as a crime committed by any group of at least three people where the primary motive is profit. Transnational oc transnational criminal organizations (tco), trillion business, shift in organizations to adapt to this because the way business is done has changed. Globalization & oc - , globalization impact is high on oc. Mcmafia - (a journey through the criminal underworld) a book about gangsters from around the world.
