2. Chapter 12
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3. White-Collar and
Organized
Crime
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4. White-Collar Crime
Violations of the criminal
law committed
by a person of
respectability
and high
social status,…
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5. …in the
course of
his or her
occupation
White-Collar Crime
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6. The financial cost of
white-collar crime is
probably several
times as great as…
White-Collar Crime
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7. …the financial costs of all
the crimes which
are customarily
regarded as the
“crime problem”
White-Collar Crime
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8. White-collar
criminals are
far less
likely to be
investigated,…
White-Collar Crime
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9. …arrested, or
prosecuted
than are other
types of
offenders
White-Collar Crime
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10. • Chief criterion for a
crime to be “white-collar”
is that it occurs as part
of, or a deviation from,
the violator’s
occupational role
White-Collar Crime
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11. • Organizational
occupational crime
• State authority
occupational crime
White-Collar Crime
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12. • Professional
occupational
crime
• Individual
occupational
crime
White-Collar Crime
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13. Corporate CrimeCorporate Crime
A violation of a criminal
statute either by a
corporate entity or by its
executives, employees,
or agents…
White-Collar Crime
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14. …acting on behalf of and
for the benefit of the
corporation, partnership,
or other form of business
entity
Corporate Crime
Corporate CrimeCorporate Crime
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15. Organized Crime
• Historical beginnings
in Italy
• Black Hand
• Mafia
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16. Black HandBlack Hand
Specialized in the
intimidation of
Italian immigrants
Organized Crime
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17. Organized Crime
Black HandBlack Hand
Especially
powerful in
Detroit, St. Louis,
Kansas City, and
New Orleans
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18. MafiaMafia
• Roots in Sicily
Organized Crime
• Own set of codes and laws
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19. Organized Crime
La Cosa NostraLa Cosa Nostra
• Italian-American
criminal organization
• Originated in Sicily
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20. Organized Crime
ProhibitionProhibition
• Gave organized crime
vital financial gains
• Produced unheralded
wealth for the Mafia
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21. ActivitiesActivities
Organized Crime
1. Racketeering
2. Vice operations
3. Theft / fence rings
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22. Organized Crime
ActivitiesActivities
4. Gangs
5. Terrorism
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23. Code of Conduct (omerta)Code of Conduct (omerta)
• Governs behavior
among members
• Unwritten
Organized Crime
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24. • Initiation ritual
• Loyalty, respect, honor
Organized Crime
Code of Conduct (omerta)Code of Conduct (omerta)
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25. • Obey your
superiors
• Keep silent
Organized Crime
Code of Conduct (omerta)Code of Conduct (omerta)
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26. • Black Mafia
• Cuban Mafia
• Haitian Mafia
Organized Crime
Other organizationsOther organizations
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27. • Columbian Cartels
• Russian Mafia
• Asian Criminals
Organized Crime
Other organizationsOther organizations
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28. • Inner-city gangs
• Outlaw motorcycle gangs
• International drug rings
Organized Crime
Other organizationsOther organizations
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29. Unlawful activity undertaken
and supported by organized
criminal groups operating
across national boundaries
Organized Crime
Transnational Organized
Crime
Transnational Organized
Crime
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30. RICORICO
Focused on
ill-gotten gains
from racketeering
activity
Organized Crime and
the Law
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31. allows
the government
to seize the
proceeds of
racketeers
Organized Crime
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Asset ForfeitureAsset Forfeiture

32. Money LaunderingMoney Laundering
The process by
which illegal gains
are disguised as
legal income
Organized Crime
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