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Administrative Give quiz Any questions about where we are or what we are doing? Will return paper proposals at the end of class Is there anyone who has a paper proposal to turn in now? Should I stay in this class? 2

Review Murder in the US and elsewhere Creation of the stalking myth Laws rushed to passage without thinking through the implications Most stalking nonviolent and most by men trying to continue domestic relationships The John Hinckley affair

Today The Organized Crime Myth The Mafia story and U.S. Culture New Businesses of Organized Crime State-organized Crime Alternative solutions Key Ideas from Today

I. The Organized Crime Myth Define the term – organized crime What kinds of criminal activities are involved? 5

I. The Organized Crime Myth What is the “Mafia?” What is the “Syndicate?” What is the “Cosa Nostra?” The Mafia Myth in the United States 6

II. The Mafia Story and U.S. Culture Why was the Mafia story so easy to establish and hard to eliminate in the United States? What is the alternative narrative to the organized crime myth? How is organized crime organized? 7

III. New Businesses of Organized Crime Crime has internationalized Relatively new businesses Arms trafficking Contraband smuggling Illegal dumping of hazardous wastes 8

IV. State-Organized Crimes What is a state-organized crime? Examples? Does government actively attempt to eliminate or reduce this behavior? 9

V. Alternative Solutions How do we try to address this problem now? Given the nature of organized crime, what solutions might be successful? 10

VI. Key Ideas from Today Organized crime myth Truth is that organized crime provides things for which there is demand Difficult to reduce without reducing demand 11

Next Time Corporate and White-Collar Crime