Applying Theory to Prevent the Spread of Organized Crime

You will use your knowledge pertaining to the history of organized crime to develop a practical approach to stop the spread of organized crime groups. You will identify and classify the different groups to determine which groups present the greatest threat to public safety. You will select a theory and apply it to explain the existence of organized crime groups.

This LASA is designed for you to demonstrate your
knowledge of the organized criminal behavior theory. By assessing the
threat to public safety, you will use your knowledge of this history of
organized crime as the foundation to develop a practical approach
towards reducing the growth of four organized crime groups in
Centervale. Selecting a theory that attempts to explain organized
criminal behavior will provide a scaffolding for your presentation.

Here’s What You Need to Do . . .

You will assume the role of an Organized Crime
Investigator. You have worked as an investigator for 18 years and have a
thorough working knowledge of various theories that attempt to explain
criminal behavior (no theory explains anything entirely; all theories
can be tested, refuted, etc.). Because organized criminal enterprise
consistently threatens public safety, your supervisor has tasked you
with the responsibility of researching and analyzing four organized
crime groups in order to create an Organized Criminal Enterprise
Reduction Plan for Centervale. The goal is to create a presentation that
includes an overall analysis of four organized crime groups, a
comparison of the variables of each group, a selected related
criminological/sociological theory that address the existence of
organized crime in your area, and a potential plan towards the reduction
of the threat to public safety.

Instructions:

1. Analyze the history of organized crime.
2. Research and select at least one theory that attempts to explain the
   criminal actions of organized crime groups selected by you. Choose at
   least one theory that attempts to explain organized criminal behavior.
3. Compare and contrast at least four organized crime groups that
   operate within the United States and analyze their threat potential to
   public safety.
4. Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation
   with speaker notes for a group of local, state, and federal law
   enforcement officers that includes an overall analysis of four organized
   crime groups, a comparison of the variables of each group, and a
   potential plan towards the reduction of the threat to public safety.
5. Include a cover slide and at least one slide at the end of your
   presentation to reference your sources formatted in APA style that links
   back to your in-text citations and supports your recommendations.
   Remember, you cannot have only in-text citations or only references, you
   must have both because in-text citations and references are adjoined;
   they link to each other.