... only involve Italians, Russians, weapons, and drugs. Zoran Kanduc (2006) proposes that when confronted with the concept of organized crime, thoughts usually revolve around types of mafias who are social outsiders (Michael Levi, 2008, p. 367), whether they have small or large illegal businesses structures, who earn their money and gain their power by selling illegal goods and demand payments in exchange ... role in the social construction of organized crime and the connotations that are associated to it. The media emphasizes involvement of racial minorities, especially Italian men, who a...

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... traveling in groups (Fl. Dept. of Corrections). Direct effects from gangs on the community include neighborhood disorder. Such disorder affects not only the direct community, it also suggests to any outsiders looking in that the community has no control over itself and has in fact lost its informal social control. These effects have negative impacts on the county and also those ... ...

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... . Clear and consistent social expectations strategies - Delinquency results from unclear expectations put forth to youth from society. 12. Abandonment of legal control/social tolerance strategies - Youth feel like they are outsiders. (Bartollas, 2000) Prevention programs should have a combination of education, strategies for coping and role models. The Juvenile Mentoring Program is one such program that has all such aspects. The Juvenile ... ...

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