Assignment:
PART I
Directions:
Prohibition is where organized crime began through the formation of the Mafia. As a criminal justice professional investigating organized crime, you must understand how prohibition impactedorganized crime.
After watching theYouTube video on prohibition, write a three (3)-page paper summarizing thevideo linked below. Be sure to includethe answers to the following questions using the video, Internet, AAU Library,and your textbook in your paper.
Watch the YouTube video entitled “TheProhibition Years Documentary” – NationalCrimeSyndicate.com uploadedFebruary 21, 2013, by thenationalsyndicate (45:23 minutes). Posted via
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpJcYG50Sek
Q.1 How did prohibition turn law-abiding citizens into criminals?
Q.2 How did prohibition turn criminals into organized crime kings?
Q.3 Why did the prohibition start?
Q.4 Why did prohibition results have the opposite effect than expected?
Q.5 How did the Mafia and organized crime help to form the American justice system?
RequiredResources:
· Internet access
SubmissionRequirements:
Your summary including answers to thesequestions must be typed in a three (3)-pageWord document, using the following specifications:
· Font: Verdana; 10-point
· Line spacing: Double
Include a cover and reference page using correct APA formatting, including in-text citations to avoid any plagiarism possibilities.
PART II
Directions:
Understandingorganized crime is important for criminal justice professionals. One way to understand the mafia is to watchdocumentaries that portray the way the Costra Nostra or Mafia began and howthey climbed their way to the top through organized crime.
Watch the YouTube video below and summarizethe video, including answers to the questions listed below in a three (3)-pageWord document. You can use the Internet,your textbook, and the AAU Library to research the following questions as well:
Watch the YouTube video entitled “ORGANIZEDCRIME EPISODE 1 MAFIA” –uploaded November 15, 2011, by Imran Kayani (44:58minutes). Posted via
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6vYvFk_7hE
· What was theorganizational structure of the five Mafia crime families, and how were theyoriginally developed?
· What were theMafia families to control, and why did this not work?
· How were politicalcorporations alliances of organized crime?
· How does the Mafiademonstrate the criminal choice theory?
· What is theenterprise theory of organized crime? Does it apply to the Mafia? Ifso, how? If no, why not?
· How significantwas gambling, bootlegging, drug dealing, and prostitution as organized crime tothe Mafia?
RequiredResources:
· Internet access
SubmissionRequirements:
Your answers to these questions must betyped in a three (3)-page Worddocument, using the following specifications:
· Font: Verdana; 10-point
· Line spacing: Double
· Include a coverand reference page using correct APA formatting, including in-text citations toavoid any plagiarism possibilities.