Essays on Organized Crime

Terrorism in Afghanistan has been long understood as a result of foreign occupation of the land by the foreign troops. It has been a direct, or indirect, result of United States military intervention in the country, termed as ‘Graveyard of Empires.’ More recently, the United...

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Centre towers and the Pentagon shook the world from the heart of New York. The unprecedented lethality caused and the coordination of events on that day gave a new meaning to terrorism. Yet, it...

The Taliban is an insurgency group currently active in Afghanistan. As far as we know, they have been active since 2001 to the present. The word Taliban comes from the word “Talib” meaning “student” or “religious student”. Their main language spoken is Pashto, one of...

In 1919, the United States passed the 18th amendment, which banned the transportation and manufacture of alcohol in the United States starting in January of 1920. Alcohol was a problem of Americans because people often became alcoholics, resulting in broken families, lone children, and lots...

The relationship between drug use, especially heroin, and criminal behavior has been the subject of continuing debate among social and behavioral scientists, politicians, sociologists, law-enforcement officials, and citizens in Canada. It is true that there is a growing interest in possible correlations and consequences of...

According to the Oxford Dictionary, ‘crime’ is defined as “an action that is against the law” or “illegal actions as a whole”. (Lexico 2019) This definition could be argued as too simplistic as it does not apply to all criminal offenses. In 1884, the criminal...

This article presents new evidence on the crime-reducing impacts of a high-quality, intensive early childhood program with long-term follow-up, evaluated by a randomized controlled trial. Proportionately, more women than men decrease their criminal activity after participating in the program. This gender difference arises because of...

Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz, Rose West, and Andrei Chikatilo. These are all names of famous serial killers but what made them that way? Are serial killers genetically born will the urges to take away another human beings life or does the environment they...

They live among everyone and many times no one knows it. Possibly someone’s neighbor, co-worker, or a friend. But all too often when a serial killer is finally discovered people hear the words, “I would have never guessed, he was such a nice guy. ”...

There were many reasons as to why there were many serial killers in the U. S during the 70’s and 80’s. Although their mental health and childhood development plays a big part as to why, for example, when their parents would be abusive for a...