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Jerome Skolnick identified two types of criminal gangs. Cultural gangs who are based in particular neighborhoods and may be actively involved in a number of different criminal activities and entrepreneurial gangs who exist for the sole purpose of gaining wealth by employing the use of criminal activities such as the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of illegal narcotics. (Abadinsky, 2004)
John Gotti is one of the most well known names associated with organized crime in the United States. Gotti was a top figure in the infamous Gambino crime family in New York.
Gotti was born and raised in a poor neighborhood in the South Bronx area of New York City. The disenfranchised Gotti dropped out of high school to join the Gambino crime family, the start of a long career in organized crime.
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Introduction
Most everyone in the United States has some general impression as to what organized crime is, and most of us received that impression from the media. Organized Crime has been widely portrayed in Television shows like “The Sopranos” and movies such as “The Godfather” series.
Thousands of law enforcement officers, district attorneys, and ordinary citizens have had more up close and personal experience with organized crime groups ranging from juvenile street gangs to The Mafia. It is from their experience, and the experiences of organized crime members themselves, that reveals the true picture of organized crime.
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