SOC 1500 Lecture 4: SOC (lecture 4)
5 Oct 2016
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Defined: a group that is composed of 3 or more people and those 3 people can be in our. Activities: has as one of its activities the commission of a crime (1 or more serious offences) Benefit: in committing those offences, there will be benefit in return normally monetary. Violence is a way to protect the investment. Strong leadership known to those in the group. That leader(s) are protected in leading illegal activities the leaders don"t go to prison if they get caught. Gain influence in gov or politics (strong in the us) Economics is the main purpose of organized crimes. People want to engage in acts that are illegal people want to gamble or drugs. There is a market to be filled what is illegal today might be legal tmrw, which can affect groups. Most popular activity is drug trafficking a lot of money to be made by selling, importing/exporting drugs.
