SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Corporate Crime, Extortion, Hydroponics

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Illegal activity conducted by individuals or groups acting in association with one another. Typically involves extortion, fraud, theft, smuggling, or the same illegal products. Piracy is among the earliest examples of organized crime (c. 1200-146. From the 8th century, the vikings of scandinavia were known to practice piracy throughout france, scotland, england and ireland. Most famous examples of piracy occurred during the 1600s. (cid:862)a(cid:374)(cid:455) g(cid:396)oup ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a (cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)ate st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e (cid:449)hose p(cid:396)i(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:455) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e is to obtain money through illegal activities, often surviving on fear and (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)uptio(cid:374). (cid:863) (cid:894)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)pol, 1(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1012)(cid:895) Characteristics: non-ideological, hierarchical, defined by limited or exclusive membership, exist in perpetuity, organized through specialization or division of labour, monopolistic, governed by rules and regulations. Aboriginal crime groups: started or operated by aboriginal people, involved in crimes ranging from cigarette smuggling to illegal gambling, examples: indian posse, red alert, alberta warriors, native.