CRIM 412 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, Organized Crime, Complex Instruction Set Computing

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Definitions of organized crime criminal code of canada: The criminal intelligence service canada (cisc) identified approximately 672 organized crime groups in 2013. These groups were found in all communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Exhibits a willingness to use illegal violence. Organized crime is a normal response to pressures exerted on certain persons by the social structure (robert merton) In the 19th century and later, immigrants lacked access to acceptable means for achieving societal goals. E. sutherland provides an answer in differential association theory. In the environment where organized crime thrives the strain is intense and coupled with easy access to criminal opportunity. As a result, some people conform to the norms established by criminal or delinquent subcultures. Enclaves where criminal subcultures flourish foster education in the techniques of sophisticated criminality. Instead of conforming to conventional norms, some persons, through differential association, organize their behavior according to the norms of a criminal group.

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