Organized Crime Midterm Info

Front 1

Ethical Theory of Crime

Back 1

Some people become criminals because they don't accept social eithics and are going to do what they want to do.
Hedenism- they do it because it feels good

Front 2

Anomie Theory of Crime

Back 2

Durkheim
State of disquiet, discomfort, depression, anger in mind comes into being when people are confronted by the conflict of the socially acceptable goals and the means to achieve them.
See good stuff but don't see a way to get there.
Pathological materialism: we frequently judge success on income level, number of toys, etc.; makes the conflict larger; allowed people to innovate and find new ways to get to this success

Front 3

Cultural Conflict Theory of Crime

Back 3

as long as society is homogenous it's easy to establish socailly acceptable norms.
becomes more difficult when adding other cultures.
new immigrants could/would not conform.
immigrants are denied means to achieve social goals of the dominant society

Front 4

Differential Association Theory of Crime

Back 4

if you associate with people who engage in criminal behavior, in order to maintain association, you must become involved in the crime.
like when your parents tell you not to hang out with certain people/groups

Front 5

Differential Opportunity Theory of Crime

Back 5

groups are alienated.
they look for means to achieve success as defined by the dominant society.
need a certain set of skills to become part of crime group- may get in through conflict subculture
if you're in the right place at the right time and you have the right set of skills you may become part of the criminal group

Front 6

Social Control Theory of Crime

Back 6

there are means by which community controls the actions of its members.
values and behaviors are set by group and socially controlled.
people commit crimes because they are not connected to community and not influenced by social norms.

Front 7

Ethnic Succession Theory of Crime

Back 7

waves of immigrants modeled this behavior and used them in criminal activity.
as immigrant groups become more mainstream and move out of criminal activity, sometimes move into more legit activity...

Front 8

Queer Ladder of Social Mobility Theory of Crime

Back 8

socioeconomic deprevation occurs for minority at some point or another.
americans are essentially outlaws

Front 9

Criteria for Organized Crime

Back 9

Continuity of group; group will perpetuate itself.
identifiable structure.
group must be prepared to commit violence.
membership is known to itself (ritual membership).
corruption and ability to corrupt.
want power and profit- no political goals.
flourishes in the face of public apathy.
provision of illegal goods and services.

Front 10

Traditional Crime Group (Patron-Client) Model

Back 10

Boss at the top.
Triangle.

Front 11

Bureaucratic Crime Group Model

Back 11

Boss at the top.
People in charge of certain 'districts' or certain areas of business.
These people have their workers.
No functional or geographical duplication.
Extensive division of labor.

Front 12

Enterprise Crime Group Model

Back 12

International model.
every group has connections with every other group.
they recognize themselves and others.
they come together to engage in particular criminal act.