... and that organized crime does not 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 ... part of American life since before the nation's inception (Liddick, 2007, p. 37). In conclusion, the media plays a significant role in the social construction of organized crime and the connotations that are ...

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