Chapter 1 Sam did most of his criminal business in "American City" a pseudonym given to a real city. ... [pg. 2] Here, one can infer from the start that Sam was associating himself with criminals and criminal activities, hence wanting to get away from American City the home of his criminal connections and criminal business. ... Once established, like Vincent and Sam, there is also the opportunity for growth of a criminal business. ... Sam, as a dealer, begins to make more contacts, and through his dealings with legitimate business begins to come into contact with employees of these legit...

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1 "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."" It is one of the most known verses in the Christian Bible. For many, it is interpreted simply as revenge. If someone deliberately takes a person's life, then that person's life should be taken to create justice. But is this really how the verse was meant to be interpreted? ...

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The past century has been one of sensational crimes that have amazed many Americans. Form the Lindbergh baby to the exploits of Al Capone, to serial murderers like Ted Bundy. Crime has become a cultural phenomenon that has captured the interests of academics and the causal reader alike. To look back at the last century we can see an explosion in books on true crime and a growth in the fields of psychology, sociology, and criminology. This growth in book sales as well as academic research has shown that the crime wave of the twentieth century has caught the attention of the average citizen. ...

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