That made for some great movies but does not represent crime in the real world. ... The market for organized crime is always primed for the entrepreneur at heart with a lot of guts. ... Not all organized crime works this way but it does play a large role in the business. Violence is not always associated with organized crime, victimless crimes play a large part in this underworld business, but when problems arise between organizations they don't have legal help like regular citizens so they often turn to criminal and violent force to deal with problems. ... I feel like we are in a l...

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Prohibitionists had thought that it would decrease drunkenness in America and thereby decrease the crime rate. ... Serious crimes such as homicides, assault, and battery, increase nearly 13 percent, and other various crimes rose by 9 percent. ... One of the main contributing factors to the sudden increase of felonies was the introduction of organized crime. ... Crime became so organized because the criminal groups organized around a steady source of income, which was provided by the law against the victimless crime of consuming alcohol. ... That event is just one example of how prohibition...

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