Chain gang

Everyone has heard of the notorious Al Capone. Gang leader from Chicago who is responsible for many murders. What some may not know is that he was also a part of a much larger organization known as The Mafia. Defined by Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as a “secret criminal society” the Mafia controls all organized crime in a particular area. They knew how to get what they wanted without getting caught and were not afraid of anything or anyone. Although the Mafia is still around today their

you that they want to. If they were to interview you to join one of the gangs, it’s clear that “they know much more than they can talk about, for now.” (Grisham 9). Their connections go a long way in their operations. When they need money, they just “rob the airport, the security guy was one of us” (Goodfellas). However, some of the mobsters have much better connections than others. The higher up you are on the food chain, the more connections you have. However, when one tries and stretch their

don’t they) and the rest of the gang members remind him about the gas truck they are about to rob. Right off the bat the film suggests that children link violent activities with fun activities violence and fun as a combined activity. These characters are the role models the children of the slums look up to, they are even narrated as “legendary” (City of God 2002) to the viewers. By calling the gang “legendary” even the narrator, Rocket who isn’t a part of the gang suggests that he wants to be a part

"Rodger I can't find Damian have you seen him," Roman asked "No, do you think that hoodlum took him from the other night," Roger replied. Right as roger said that Roman knew it, Tyrese took him. He knew he saw a huge guy with a golden chain and a leather jacket. After dark he went down to Tyrese's house. Bam, bam, bam Roman banged on the door. He felt the night sky stalking him. The door swayed open and Tyrese is standing there with the smell of alcohol on his breath. "Heyyy

Comprised of distinct elements that assist in establishing and defining organized crime in small street gangs or terrorist groups are national or transnational criminal organizations. Organized crime groups have an organized structure. These structures include hierarchical structures or other similar structures which establish a clear chain of command. Having a structure provides knowledge of every member’s role in the organization; who gives the orders and who needs to obey and carry out the commands

circumstances with the most obvious being celebrities setting trends. The caricatures we create can also be very harmful to ourselves. Another example of negative role models is kids growing up in a ghetto often idolise local gang members. This tends to lead to those same kids replicating gang member behaviour, murdering, stealing and raping. The end result is some of these kids either in jail or dead. This is a huge problem in our society. We value people with self centered and lack of empathy not because

The Pleasure Dome and Scorpio Rising does not only highlight some of these cult rituals, but also induces the viewer to become part of them. On one hand, Scorpio Rising depicts an actual ritual by creating the portrait of the leader of a motorcycle gang who is part of a sacrifice while Inauguration of The Pleasure Dome does not only suggest a religious ritual practice, but also creates a trance state for the viewer––allowing them to be part of the ritual. Both films use similar tools to achieve the

their hierarchial structure is defined more as a structure of connected nodes (Cromwell, p. 255), with no real chain of command or verticle levels of authority. This has been noted to give the drug smuggling groups independence allowing them to be extremely flexible networks that can "change tactics quickly" and are "insulated from those earlier or later in the smuggling transaction chain." (Cromwell, p.255) If a group of police officers attempted to stop this type of organized crime with tactics

instructions on where it went and who to contact. To date we haven’t heard from anyone. We also started to take on some of the gangs that were terrorizing the city and in most cases these were the same organizations that were hoarding the merchandise from the retail and medical establishments. We were successful at ridding the majority of the area of the moderate to large gangs yet we still experience the so called militias attempting

associated with the Mafia. They created many enemies during their time due to the way they conducted business. Competition arose from rivaling gangs and small mobs causing violent outbreaks on many occasions. The Mafia had a knack for seeking out small failing businesses and revamping them to fund their crime syndicate. They would offer “protection” from other gangs and the police in return for money and allowing the Mafia to operate their drug trade out of these businesses. For example, they would befriend