Controlling Organized Crime

Paper Summary:

This paper is a research on the possibility of controlling organized crime. The author identifies drug trafficking, advancements in technology, and cultural problems in today's society as three problems that have major relevance and ties to organized crime and discusses how these factors led to the rise of organized crime in recent years. The author also discusses five different behavioral theories to aid the understanding of why individuals choose to lead lives the way they do. The paper also suggests potential solutions that federal departments in the U.S, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Defense can adopt in enforcement efforts against organized crime.

Outline:
Drug Trafficking
Advancements in Technology
Cultural Problems
Methodology
Anomie Theory
Differential Association
Differential Opportunity
Social Control Theory
Subcultures and Social Disorganization
Potential Solutions
Conclusion
References

From the Paper:

"The mere mention of organized crime sends a chill through our people, and is a sometimes overlooked word that is always associated with television and movie fantasy. So the question still remains. How do we control organized crime? That will be the main topic of our research, and with empirical data and research, supporting articles and documents, and statistical research, we will work a theory on how organized crime may somehow be controlled. We must look at the big picture and how organized crime affects our society. We look at the picture and break it down individually to the very root of it. This question is a question that will always be asked of not only of our nation, but also of the international community. Organized crime is not only a prevalent issue in our American society, but also that of many other countries."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abadinsky, H. (2003). Organized crime. (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth. Retrieved August 28, 2006, from: https://mycampus.phoenix.edu/secure/resource/resource.asp
• Albanese, J. S. (2001). The Prediction and Control of Organized Crime. Retrieved September 2, 2006, from National Institute of Justice Web site: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/international/programs/ukr_pred.html.
• Drug Trafficking in the United States. Retrieved August 4, 2006, from U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Web site: http://www.dea.gov/concern/drug_trafficking.html.
• Edgardo Buscaglia and Jan van Dijk (2003), Controlling Organized Crime and Corruption in the Public Sector, retrieved from the World Wide Web on September 4, 2006, at http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/forum/forum3_Art1.pdf.
• Organized Crime (2006). Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia retrieved August 28, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime.

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