Organized crime in America began shortly after the immigration of Italians coming over to America during the 1880s and 1890s. ... The Lufthansa heist of 1979 was carried out by the Lucchese crime family and representatives of the Gambino family. ... "Fortune 5: The Biggest Organized Crime Groups in the World." ... Matthews ranks the top five mafias or organized crime groups based on their income. ... Criminals are acting either in groups or independently based on the population that makes up all the criminals. ...

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Hate Crimes: Born Prejudice? Hate based on race, religion and sexual orientation exist within any cultural rich societies. ... Does hate crime imply on any case when a person is convicted for inflicting damage on someone "different"? It is often tricky to set a benchmark for measuring sufficiency of hate as a cause to label it in front of crime. ... It is ultimately in a person's perception, which concludes what is and what is not a hate crime....

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In fact, it has been proven that rehabilitation and community-based programs have had a positive influence on the future course of juveniles in trouble, especially first-time offenders. ... The statistics of juvenile crime are alarming. The is no dancing around the fact that the youth of America are commiting more crimes every year. Juvenile offenders should be punished more severely to deter other teenagers from committing crimes. ... Stronger punishments would cause less crimes make society a better place. ...

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The average prison sentence for a violent crime is about one year longer for African-Americans than for Caucasians ("Racial Inequalities in" 1). Many cases in America have been concluded in which a white man gets less prison time than a black man for the same crime. ... A study has shown that 58,000 criminal cases have found disparities in the sentencing for blacks and whites arrested for the same crime ("Black Americans Given" 1). ... One set of judges was against racial bias and the other groups of judges were more likely to make their sentences based on a racial stereoty...

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These incidents are considered forms of Racial Profiling, which is defined as the systematic traffic stopping and interrogating of suspects based solely on their skin color. ... With over 1500 traffic laws on the books today, it is easy and legal for officers to find a reason to implement a traffic stop based on color. ... Statistically speaking, blacks create a disproportionate amount of the crime in America. ... Also 46%of state prison inmates-i.e those actually convicted of crimes-were black" (Jackson). "African-Americans are 13% of drug users, 37% of arrests, 55% of the convicted and ...

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Deterrence is based on the logical notion that being punished for criminal activity will make people fearful so that they will not want to commit crimes. ... - The former punishes an offender with the specific intent of instilling fear in that individual so that he or she will not commit future crimes... - The latter punishment attempt to instill fear in society in general so that the rest of us will not want to commit crimes. ... Rehabilitation is aimed at eliminating the causes of crime by making the offender "better" restoring him or her to a healthy conditio...

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This relies on the idea that greater social help will lead to a decrease in the rate of crime. ... The morals ingrained in the more stable Northern communities do not find this behavior acceptable and argument-based homicide is therefore more common in less stable communities. ... While social organization is clearly a factor, the more marked distinction is based on region rather than social organization. In the West and South, greater stability within a community would not have the effect of reducing argument-related homicides because increasing community stability seems to condone these a...

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Throughout Prohibition crime was one of the most shocking problems on The rise. ... For the first time there was "organized" Crime developing throughout major cities. ... Controlling the crime was almost impossible for the pro-Prohibition leader Because of a lack of planning. ... For example, Jackass Brandy caused severe internal bleeding And Panther Whiskey had a fuel oil base!!!! ... Prohibition ended with an increase of crime, corruption and public health problems. ...

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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a crime is defined as an act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law. ... With the increase in the amount of immigrants came an increase in the amount of crime, and many politicians therefore choose to blame the immigrants. ... Therefore, America felt this way towards immigrants because some were often linked to crime. ... The immigration policy is consistent with American ideals because American ideals are based upon th...

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Many people are killed not having committed a single crime because of their skin color. ... There isn't a scientific explanation for these crimes other than they must be crazy. Why else would you kill based on race? ... If everyone stopped judging people by their race, there would be no racism therefore less deaths and hate crimes. ...

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During this time blacks were unjustly accused of awful crimes against whites. Rape, kidnapping and murder are crimes that were charged against blacks. ... Such justification by southern leaders fostered the misconception that blacks were lynched predominantly for sexual assault, but few lynching victims were actually convicted or even indicted for such crimes." When a black person was accused of these crimes, a lynch mob would gather outside of the jail where they were being kept till sentencing. ... There was no justification in the assassination of so many African-Americans, especially...

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In today's world there are a lot of killings, robberies, rapes, and other crimes committed everyday. ... Canada has just as much guns as we do, but their crime rate is really low. ... The two boys who created this tragic crime experienced racism. ... The American society judges people based on what they see on the outside. The government spends more money on war, than trying to prevent crimes and funding the schools for children. ...

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To join a gang one must either be jumped in, which means all of the other gang members will fight whoever is being jumped in to see how well they can handle themselves, or one must commit a crime such as assault or even murder. ... This often results in an attitude that motivates the person to base his/her life on doing what the system that oppresses them doesn't want. ... Most of the time this will then lead to each member trying to commit a bigger and more violent crime or more crimes than the others. ... In gangs with more intelligent members, these feelings end up making each membe...

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Lastly and most importantly the racism in societal is the labels we put on people based on their skin color. ... Tatei Thomas says "Racism, especially in our society is a disease of ignorance spreading rapidly through minds across America based on what we see and idolized. ... The United States Sentencing Commissions released a report saying that African Americans sentences are 20% longer than white Americans even though they both were convicted with the same crime. ...

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Prejudice and discrimination came into play based on separation of these groups. ... However, discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice. ... The absence of prejudice and discrimination in this world would provoke worldwide peace, the end of ruthless wars, and many crimes. ... As an example, the Israelis and Arabs are still in conflict due to prejudice towards one other based on the lack of knowledge, from both sides, of the other culture. ... Finally, Society would benefit from the absence of Prejudice and discrimination because much of the human race&#...

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America has the largest crime rate in the world. Along with that crime rate is also the substantially high violence rate. ... Since 1960, a study based on real life experience has confirmed that there is a causative relation between the observation of aggression and violence on television and subsequent aggressive and violent behavior on the part of the observer (Eron, 2). ...

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Apparently hip-hop faces negative stereotypes because of the media choosing to focus on linking hip-hop with vulgar language, murder, drugs, exploitation of women, and crime. ... Rather than knowing the positivity of what hip-hop culture was based off, people from the outside looking in, clinch to the negativity. ... Now the vulgar language, murder, drugs, exploitation of women, and crime that are in the lyrics are seen as an acceptable behavior for the youth. ...

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The 4th amendment states The Fourth Amendment prohibits the police and other government officials from searching people's homes or offices or seizing their property without reasonable grounds to believe that a crime has been committed. ... Based on this decision, as many as 1000 foreigner was gather search that they can find the attackers. As we look back at the amendments this points out the 5th amendment, which is states that no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the...

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For example, if an individual performs a hate crime or any kind of violence, the blame should not be directed to the artist. ... Many people based the student's acts to a movie that had come out to theaters by the name of "The Matrix" which had seen that was similar to what the students were wearing that day. This was totally wrongfully based accusations made by people because latter on they found out that the action of the students were caused by the bullying of other students. ... Base on my findings, I come to the conclusion that music, cartoons and movies serve as scapegoats for peop...

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This situation makes one think that if money is the root of evil than committing crimes is ok if you have money. ... Police officers target minorities for crimes that they feel they have committed. ... Yes, it is understandable that minorities probably have a higher rate to commit a crime compared to someone who is white. ... "With minorities and immigrants now a majority in most of the nation's big cities, it is no surprise that the rise of law-and-order politicians parallels the coming to power, in both the Democratic and Republican parties, of anti-urban interests based in suburbia"...

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Their goals were based around the idea of progress by mastering the natural sciences and the human sciences. ... Voltaire's drive for an empirical philosophy that would base all human certainty on empirical verification was a success in becoming the basis for French empirical science. ... Voltaire believed that the most inhumane crimes were religious-based, and like many Enlightenment attitudes towards the church, Voltaire desired to crush the Catholic Church but maintain a belief in God at the same time. ... Voltaire's work was based on the belief "that human society could and shoul...

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Throughout history, America has been a land of promise, and freedom. Our founding fathers fought to make a constitution that allows us to speak freely, participate in whatever religion we wish, and to have democratic control over our nation. But were these good intentions enough? Is the American p...

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Medical schools, military academies and even minority organizations have created "criteria" by which its employment, memberships and acceptance are based upon. ... Clearly affirmative action should be based on qualification first, which in no way represents or promotes racism and discrimination. One's achievement, when being compared to another is important, and should be based on the platform from which that person began. ... Throughout the life span of our young country there have been millions of unjust incidences of discrimination, wrong doings and even cases of murder, that were ba...

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In 1871, Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Acts, or Enforcement Acts, proscribing state governments from discriminating against voters based on their race. (Document H) The acts gave the federal government superiority over state courts and the power to try crimes of individuals in federal courts. ...

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America attempted alcohol prohibition between 1919 and 1931, but it was rapidly discovered that crime and violence associated with prohibition was more damaging than the evil sought to be prohibited. ... Supporters of reform base their argument on the stance that marijuana use and possession should not be treated as a criminal issue, but as a social and health concern. ...

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