The Ethical View Of Government Kickbacks
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A 10 page paper discussing latter-day practices. We tend to assume that any discussion of government kickbacks in association with the US became invalid with the dismantling of the political machines of the nation's largest cities early in the century, but recent cases show that not to be the case. Kickbacks and bribery very much are represented by the laws of supply and demand. Existing laws make both the supply and demand sides illegal. Many social observers and theorists want to ascribe the reasons for bribery as a matter of course of business in many of the developing countries of the world to poverty overcoming temptation, but continued practiced more likely results from a combination of the thrill of power and old-fashioned greed. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Kicke.wps

The Gambino Family
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A 6 page paper tracing the history of the Gambino crime family of New York, one of the most powerful of the five crime families of the past. With the death of John Gotti in 2002 and the conviction of his son in 1999 for racketeering, it appears that an era has passed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSgambino.rtf

The History Of The Italian Mafia
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A 20 page paper discussing the history of the Italian Mafia from the ninth century to the present time. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: Mafia.wps

The Impact of Fraud on Business
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This 9 page paper examines the impact of fraud on society, specifically on business, and argues that it is definitely not a "victimless" crime. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: HVFrdBus.rtf

The Offender as Victim: A View of British Criminal Justice, Society and Law
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This 45 page paper provides a critical evaluation of the offender as victim as defined within the scope of the British criminal justice system, society and law. This paper considers issues like the relevance of imposed social values and the consequences of the rejection of these social values and the internalization of different values. This paper also considers the impact of social, economic and educational deprivation and the unequal treatment of the offender by society and within criminal justice systems. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: MHpredvi.wps

The R.I.C.O. Law & Organized Crime
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The use of RICO to prosecute organized crime figures is examined in this 6 page paper. The pros and cons of using the law are discussed as well as its phenomenal success in prosecuting mob leaders. The Vincent Gigante case is highlighted. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RICO.rtf

The Truth about Sex Trafficking
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This 11 page paper examines the sex industry but focuses on the sex slave trade. The paper rips through newsmagazine and newspaper stories to demonstrate that there is really no proof that these sex rings exist. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA617sex.rtf

The United Nations' Impact on Organized Crime
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7 pages. This is an assessment of the impact of the United Nations' initiatives against organized criminal activity since 1960. The paper will outline what some of those initiatives were and there is a critique as to the impact that has been made. The critique will consider any shortcomings, improvements that might be made, as well as an assessment of positive impact in fighting organized crime. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JAunorgc.rtf

The Westies/Organized Crime Theory
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A 6 page research paper that investigates how the career of criminal Mickey Spillane of the Westies mob fits with criminological theory. "The Westies" is a term used to indicate an organized crime gang, which was made up of predominantly Irish Americans, and operated out of an area on Manhattan's West Side known as "Hell's Kitchen." One of the principle leaders of this group was Michael "Mickey" Spillane (no relation to the crime-novel author of the same name). The description of Spillane given by T.J. English in his text on this gang, The Westies, perfectly illustrates the criminological theories that have been applied to organized crime, as discussed by Winfree and Abadinsky in their text Understanding Crime. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khwestie.rtf