IN 250 words please discuss what you
enjoyed
learning about the below topic for a Criminology course.
 
Please make sure and cite a journal source

 
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Organized crime leaders worked to consolidate power during Prohibition
 
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Al Capone and the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre
 
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By 1931, the Mafia was an integrated coordinated criminal organization
 
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Mafia activity went underground after 1931
 
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Kefauver Committee
 
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A nationwide crime syndicate exists in many large cities
 
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The American mafia has international linkages
 
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Mafia leaders usually control the most lucrative rackets in their cities
 
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Leadership is in a group, not a single individual