Assignment Details

Part I

Respond to the following questions in 500-600 words:

• What examples of organized crime can you find in the United States?

• What factors contribute to the existence of the criminal organizations you described?

• Provide examples of the ways in which the U.S. criminal justice system is dealing with the types of organized crime that you found.

• What law enforcement agencies are involved?

• How do those law enforcement agencies work to control organized crime?

Part II

Suggestions for responding to peer posts:

• Review peers' posts that used examples of different types of organized crime than the ones that you found.

Were some of the factors that he or she believes contributed to these crimes the same? What different factors were mentioned?

Are the methods of dealing with this type of organized crime different from those devised to deal with the type of organized crime that you found?