Street Gangs and Organized Crime
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This 4 page paper examines street gangs and organized crime. Their relationship is highlighted. Changes in crime over the course of the twentieth century are explored. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA718org.rtf

THE CAUSES OF URBAN UNREST: CENTRAL LOS ANGELES
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This 4-page paper, using Davis "The City of Quartz" as a jumping-off point, suggests that reasons for urban unrest can be traced to unemployment, poor schools and other social issues. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTurbunr.rtf

The Diary of Jack the Ripper/Is It Real?
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A 5 page summary and discussion on Shirley Harrison's book The Diary of Jack the Ripper. In 1990, a diary surfaced in England that appears to be authentic. The question of the diary's authenticity is addressed by the writer. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khripper.wps

The Ethical View Of Government Kickbacks
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A 10 page paper discussing latter-day practices. We tend to assume that any discussion of government kickbacks in association with the US became invalid with the dismantling of the political machines of the nation's largest cities early in the century, but recent cases show that not to be the case. Kickbacks and bribery very much are represented by the laws of supply and demand. Existing laws make both the supply and demand sides illegal. Many social observers and theorists want to ascribe the reasons for bribery as a matter of course of business in many of the developing countries of the world to poverty overcoming temptation, but continued practiced more likely results from a combination of the thrill of power and old-fashioned greed. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Kicke.wps

The Gambino Family
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A 6 page paper tracing the history of the Gambino crime family of New York, one of the most powerful of the five crime families of the past. With the death of John Gotti in 2002 and the conviction of his son in 1999 for racketeering, it appears that an era has passed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSgambino.rtf

The History Of The Italian Mafia
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A 20 page paper discussing the history of the Italian Mafia from the ninth century to the present time. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: Mafia.wps

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