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CJA 384 Complete Class Version 2 |
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CJA 384 Week 1 DQ 1 Describe what you think the type of person comes to mind when you read each of the subjects. (in Week 1 Lecture) What is their gender, age, socioeconomic background, etc? Describe what you feel supports your opinion. |
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CJA 384 Week 1 DQ 2 Describe, with examples from your own experience, how your opinions and ideas about organized crime have been influenced. Discuss what these influences are and how they have shaped your opinions. How are your experiences different than what you have found in the reading for this week? |
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CJA 384 Week 1 DQ 3 What is a patron-client network or organization? What are the distinctions between bureaucratic and patron-client organizations? Why are they important for understanding organized crime? |
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CJA 384 Week 1 DQ 4 What is an example of common behaviour among organized crime groups? How do these behaviours affect the attributes of organized crime? How have these traits helped organized crime survive in the United States? Explain your answer. |
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CJA 384 Week 1 Individual Personal Perception of Organized Crime Paper
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper, describing your personal perception of organized crime upon entering this course. Identify any assumptions on which your perception is based, and answer the following questions: · How would you describe or define organized crime? · How does your perception compare to the definitions in the readings? · What characteristics do you think are associated with organized criminal behavior? Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 384 Week 2 DQ 1 What are the various theories of Organized Crime? Which of the theories that you have read about in your text or in the lecture seem to be the best fit for describing Organized Crime? Why? |
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CJA 384 Week 2 DQ 2 What is the definition of a social institution? |
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CJA 384 Week 2 DQ 3 Why do some authorities consider organized crime a social institution? In what ways may you determine if this view is valid? Explain. |
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CJA 384 Week 2 DQ 4 How does organizational theory help us understand organized crime? |
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CJA 384 Week 2 DQ 5 How is the theory of differential association relevant to explaining entry into organized crime? Explain your answer. |
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CJA 384 Week 2 Individual Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary Write a 450- to 800-word executive summary in which you compare distinctions between bureaucratic and patron-client organizations. Include similarities and differences between the main models of organized crime, and explain why the models are important for understanding organized crime.
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CJA 384 Week 3 DQ 1 What is social disorganization? How does social disorganization contribute to organized crime? What is an example of social disorganization that created opportunistic atmospheres for organized crime? |
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CJA 384 Week 3 DQ 2 What is a political machine? How does corruption affect the role of politics and business, as it relates to organized crime? What is a specific instance in which corruption was evident? |
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CJA 384 Week 3 DQ 3 What is an example of a drug syndicate? Which events led to the association of organized crime, Prohibition, and drug syndicates? What changes would you have made to prevent this? Explain your answer |
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CJA 384 Week 3 Individual Social Organized Crime Perspective Paper Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you discuss and explain the term social institution, as it applies to organized crime. Which empirical and speculative theories are most applicable when applied to organized crime and criminal behavior?
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CJA 384 Week 3 Learning Team Outline for Week 4 And Week 5 Review the Organized Crime Group Analysis assignment, due in Week Four. -Prepare an Outline showing team assignments for the Week 4 project. - Prepare an Outline showing team assignments for the Week 5 project. |
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CJA 384 Week 4 DQ 1 What are some examples of ethnically or racially organized crime? How do these differ from contemporary youth gangs? Compare and contrast the characteristic criteria for each group. Explain your findings. |
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CJA 384 Week 4 DQ 2 What are the various terrorist organizations around the world? What is classified as a terrorist organization? What are the similarities among these organizations? Explain your answer. |
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CJA 384 Week 4 DQ 3 What is an example of organized crime based upon religious origins? What organizational crime type is representative in your community? What opportunities perpetuate organized crime in that community? |
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CJA 384 Week 4 DQ 4 What is the definition of terrorism? How would you differentiate between organized crime and terrorism? What is a specific instance in which organized crime and terrorism were viewed as the same or different? |
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CJA 384 Week 4 DQ 5 What are the motivations of a terrorist group? How may we improve our responses to such organizations, which operate in the United States and internationally? |
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CJA 384 Week 4 Learning Team Organized Crime Group Analysis
Write a 1,450- to 2,100-word paper that includes an in-depth historical analysis of an organized crime group. Select an organized crime group in the United States, in cities such as New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or Miami, from the readings or additional resources. Determine the group’s national and multinational structure and operating methods, pertaining to the drug business. Analyze the relationship of your group to its past and to its current role in Prohibition, drug syndicates, political corruption, and other illicit activities. Include the group’s various business interests over time. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 384 Week 5 DQ 1 Where does the relationship of business, politics, or law and organized crime start? Why are these relationships successful? How may we better combat organized crime and its influences on business, politics, and law? Explain. |
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CJA 384 Week 5 DQ 2 Which do you think would work better: more traditional police enforcement of organized crime or new approaches for regulating organized crime connections in society? |
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CJA 384 Week 5 Individual Controlling Organized Crime Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper, using definitions, principles, and theories from previous assignments, in which you establish a thesis regarding the control of organized crime. Identify the problems presented and the various relationships established by organized crime. Describe the legal limitations associated with combating organized crime, including a critique of major federal laws and strategies that support this effort. Suggest a realistic solution to control organized crime by discussing and evaluating the effectiveness of organized crime prosecutions.
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CJA 384 Week 5 Learning Team Comparison of Organized Crime and Terrorist Groups Presentation Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker’s notes, comparing a domestic organized criminal group with a terrorist group. Select one of each based on the readings and additional resources, and answer the following questions: What are the differences and similarities of organized crime and terrorism? What is the scope of each group and their interrelationships with similar groups? Explain the differences and similarities between the fundamental makeup of the groups’ origins as they relate to ethnic background, political ideology, social orientation, religion, and financial motivation. Identify past and current trends for each group, and plot out future trends or actions in which each group may potentially take part on a national and international level.
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