1. Media Representations of Organized Crime
Michael Lyman and Gary Potter (2015) explain that there is no set definition of organized crime as it varies from police definitions, international definitions, and definitions in scholarly literature (p. 6-7). ... Many students answered with the stereotypes that are portrayed through the media such as Russian and Italian mafias, international crime, drugs, weapons, and a few even said The Godfather. This shows how media representations of organized crime are so embedded in society that it hard to tell right from wrong, as it seems as though it is wrong to think that high class, white men work...
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