Organized Crime: A Case Study

According to the information given by law enforcement, “X Team” forces anyone selling marijuana in Steeltown to pay between $500 and $5000 per month in taxes, making “ Team X” profit a month 122,500 by taxing others selling marijuana in their town. Having a street tax creates a barrier , eliminating any new entry on their turf. This benefit “X Team” receives from taxing others to see drugs on their turf is that they have complete control of the town eliminating others. Quasi- governmental structures use violence in the world of organized crime. It’s the most common because organized criminals have a lack of alternative control systems available to them. These traits later assume a certain priority over direct physical coercion for successful work in organized crime, necessitating a balancing of ability and violence by the leadership. Today, though organized crime appears to be moving toward greater reliance on subtler manipulative techniques, its continued arrogation to itself of "the power to kill" provides one of the more interesting case studies in the institutionalization of violence. Violence is used as an alternative to trust, it is a characteristic of organized crime. Violence is a way deter something that is harmful to the criminal organization or used to gain some sort of profit for the organization. Violence is also used to …show more content…
190 monopolies exist where there is only one organization present. A monopolized organization sells a specific good or service in that area, and new sellers are prohibited from selling in that market. Monopolized ogranizations set a price, and can determine if the price increases or decreases. Monoplized organzations benefit more that in a competitive market. Quasi- governmental structured organizations. According to information provided by the police “ Team X” fits the criteria for a monopolized organization because they have control over the whole towns distribution, of