Mafia

As previously stated, law enforcement focuses heavily on the Italian American Mafia structure and tend to try to take down the ruling boss of the family or go after the street level drug dealers. The issue with this is that if a boss is arrested, another person will step up and take their place. Likewise, if a street level dealer…

powerful young franchises in western Pennsylvania, the success of their organization relied on their ability to successfully influence local politicians, control law enforcement, and move across various social lines in the community”(Kahne, Small-Town Mafia).Even in a smaller environment, the mob still often operated in a similar manner to one in a larger city. First they gained financial power through gambling, and then were able to gain political power. Once they had both political and…

against the chair in front of me, forced my hand. The rest of my men needed to see me get my hands dirty. They needed to see how brutal I could be. How brutal I actually was. Maybe they had forgotten who the f*cked I was. I was the f*cking Russian Mafia Boss. I was feared by all and nobody f*cking betrayed…

Merton’s anomie-strain theory. Fortunately, there is one thing that is agreed upon, organized crime has shown that it knows no borders when it comes to expansion and is an international issue. A few examples that illustrate this fact are the Sicilian mafia and outlaw motorcycle gangs. However, individually none of these…

means to an end for these people. The main problem of this is collateral damage, or the innocent bystanders that get hurt as a result. When you mention organized crime, almost always people think you are talking about the Italian Cosa Nostra, or Mafia. In reality, La Cosa Nostra is just the Italians’ version of organized crime. Crime syndicates span the globe and even include the Al-Qaeda terrorists that brought down the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Three thousand innocent…

Italian-American Culture When most people hear the term Italian-American, they begin to think of the Godfather, Rocky, the mafia, or even Fonzie from Happy Days. But, Italian-America is much more than the characters portrayed in films. Italian-American culture is a culture that has evolved through history despite discrimination and hardships. While they faced prejudice at first, they are now seen as a monumental contributor to the immensely diverse culture of the United States of America known…

Gangsters Then and Now Gangsters back in the day seemed to have a lot more organization and class. In other words they had a better understanding of how to run things and how to act. Gangsters from today’s day in age have no respect for anyone but their set. The set is the gang they are afiliated with. They don't even care if you’re their own family. If their gang members feel as if you are a threat to them and their mindset, then they will either severely injure you or even murder you.…

versa, while also shaping the identity of the West Side community” (Garel-Frantzen 13). Organized crime also changed the Jewish community in New York City and created rifts inside the Jewish community and with non-Jewish people. The rise of the Jewish Mafia was because of…

Good Fellas is a highly sophisticated film, which revolves around the lives of mobsters Henry Hill, Tommy DeSimone, and James (Jimmy) Conway, the film shows the situations and progressions the gang has encountered while growing up in the mean streets of Manhattan. The elegance of this film came from the quality dynamics provided by the director, cinematographer and editor also including the highly complex personality of Tommy’s character. With the team’s accomplishments, the film crew portrayed…

Both Scarface films are gangster films which makes pinpointing the theme of both films fairly easy. They are both filled with guns and violence so the theme stands out in both films. The overall theme in both movies is the rise and fall of crime kingpins through lies and deceit corruption, and murder. In Scarface 1983 it is about the rise of Tony Montana drug-empire and how he let money take over his life and eventually be the cause of his death in the end. In Shame of a nation it is about Tony…