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2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CJ 262 Outlaw Gangs and Organized Crime

This course focuses on the evolution of organized crime from its origins as federal protection groups (i.e. mafia, triads, yakuza) to the American Cosa Nostra as well as its more contemporary incarnation as a criminal network linking prison gangs, OMG’s (outlaw motorcycle gangs) white collar criminals, drug cartels and terrorist groups.  Organized crime currently faced by law enforcement agents is a transnational threat.  We will therefore focus our studies on the globalization of organized crime and its impact on individual as well as nations.  In order for us to create an atmosphere of honest dialogue with one another, creative exercises will be used to gauge your thoughts with one another through an open forum.  We will discuss issues regarding the influence of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) crime and its ability to circumvent our criminal justice system through corruption and society-at-large.  Additionally, effective strategies utilized by law enforcement to deal with organized crime will be examined.