Mexican Mafia

traditional organized crime is most commonly associated with Italian criminal groups or La Cost Nostra, or better known as the mafia (Lyman, 2014). Most traditional crime family’s got started during the prohibition era. During this time they created a multi-million dollar bootlegging business that included illegal sales or alcohol and racketeering (Lyman, 2014). Since then, the mafia has been able to establish a sophisticated criminal network that focuses on the manufacturing, distribution and…

Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski is one of the most classic neo-noir mystery detective films in American film history. The film is the story of a civilian fought with a big conspiracy. J.J. Gittes, a former police in Chinatown changed the direction of his career into a private detective. He involved in an investigation of an affair of the department's chief engineer of water and power, Mulwray which leads him to discover the conspiracy. In fact, to let the people of Los Angeles issued…

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…

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…

establish a new political movement. In 1943 The Christian Democratic party or the DC a conservative group was founded. Although the Mafia had a long history of fighting over power with the government, especially during Mussolini’s rule, the relationship between the DC and mafia would be much more unified. When the DC was founded, Don Calo, known as one of the most influential mafia bosses of Sicily was also making his mark. Specifically, when the DC was founded, Don Calo shifted his beliefs in…

allows for the Sicilian Mafia to gain control over small towns throughout Sicily giving the local people and local government no chance to exterminate the Mafia. Although the government has tried to intervene before to exterminate the Mafia from Sicily, it has never been fully effective. The Mafia thrives off of filling the gaps that the government does not which is why the most effective attempt to rid Sicily of the Mafia was during Mussolini’s ruling during World War II. The Mafia does not…

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.…

Social Organized Crime Perspective CJA-325 Jamel Scott Most persons consider organized crime as expansive, multi-faceted and integrated within the societies in which it exists. While this is largely true, Tilly (1985) also reveals how organized crime arises in the same fashion as state-makers and its predecessor war-makers do. Accordingly, Manwaring’s (2007) contentions about organized crime as threats to national or transnational stability are valid. Yet, the ways that organized…

receive all of life’s answers, asks the audiences to sympathize with the unrepentant mobsters. We're asked to root for the cold-blooded killer known as Paul Vitti because, in this story, he is the victim. In this film Vitti is not an “insta-gangster” (Mafia Myths, 157) Sure once, he was able to kill and brutalize without hesitation, but now he is suffering from frequent panic attacks, and, from time-to-time, sentimental TV commercials cause him to…

Outlawing vice activities like drugs, gambling, or prostitution, by its nature, breeds police corruption. And, corruption is just as visible with the current drug war, if not more so, than during the prohibition of alcohol. For example, there were 125 employees convicted for drug trafficking/corruption crimes in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency alone from 2005 to 2012. Corruption is widespread enough that stopthedrugwar.org publishes an article every week, “This Week’s Corrupt Cops…