Social Organized Crime Perspective

SOCIAL ORGANISED CRIME PERSPECTIVE

Social organized crime perspective

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Organized crime is on the rise , especially in the developed countries In many instances , crime organizations are almost unrecognizable , a fact that has made crime to become as a social institution . This essay concentrates on crime as a social institution and the theories that explain organized crimes

Social organized crime

Crime as a social institution

In organized crime , the term social institution could be used to refer to the

roles , the positions , or the relations among criminals that make up their organization . It is clear that organized crime has supplanted many of the functions of the state , and currently represents the only fully functioning social institution . For instance , organized crime provides many of the services that citizens expect from the state-protection if commercial business , employment for citizens meditation in disputes . In the absence of a functioning commercial , businesses rely on the mafia to collect debts to collect and to resolve disputes with suppliers and competitors . Private security mostly run by organized crime , is replacing state law enforcement , with over 200 ,000 private law enforcers operating without any regulation . The occurrence of these organized crimes is encouraged by government 's social policy . If the government fails to take measures to reduce the rate at which these criminals are operating , then organized crime will replace the largely dysfunctional state

Criminal organizations do everything they can to ensure that it is safe for them to operate . Among...