Assignment:
In your own words, answer this unit's discussion questions in a main post (recommended minimum 300 words), and respond to at least 2 peers' postings (recommended minimum 75 words).
After you have reviewed the Assignment Details below, click the Discussion Board link under the My Work heading above to open the Discussion Board and make your post.
Assignment Details
Part I
Respond to the following questions:
- What examples of organized crime can you find in the United States?
- What factors contribute to the existence of the criminal organizations you described?
- Provide examples of the ways in which the U.S. criminal justice system is dealing with the types of organized crime that you found.
- What law enforcement agencies are involved?
- How do those law enforcement agencies work to control organized crime?
Part II
Suggestions for responding to peer posts:
1. Review peers' posts that used examples of different types of organized crime than the ones that you found.
- Were some of the factors that he or she believes contributed to these crimes the same? What different factors were mentioned?
- Are the methods of dealing with this type of organized crime different from those devised to deal with the type of organized crime that you found?
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