What is the strain of anomie?
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- anomie is a "condition in which society provides little moral guidance to
individuals"
- the strain of anomie allows individuals to cut through the need to wait
several generations to gain social mobility and instead use organized crime
to do so in their own lifetime ("queer ladder of social mobility")
- can be seen as an "innovation"
How is Montreal relevant in the sphere of Canadian organized crime?
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, - central location for trafficking/distribution between NYC and LA
- power struggles between families in MTL
What is the H2O theory?
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Hydrogen: violence
Oxygen: connection to power (political elite)
- without power, you cannot build an organization and leave a legacy
What is social control theory?
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- people's stake in their wider community (influenced by relationships,
commitments, values, norms, beliefs etc.) encourages them not to break the
law
- externally, they don't want to be shunned and punished by society
- internally, they have more propensity to feel guilt
Who was Samuel Bronfman?
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- anomie is a "condition in which society provides little moral guidance to
individuals"
- the strain of anomie allows individuals to cut through the need to wait
several generations to gain social mobility and instead use organized crime
to do so in their own lifetime ("queer ladder of social mobility")
- can be seen as an "innovation"
How is Montreal relevant in the sphere of Canadian organized crime?
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, - central location for trafficking/distribution between NYC and LA
- power struggles between families in MTL
What is the H2O theory?
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Hydrogen: violence
Oxygen: connection to power (political elite)
- without power, you cannot build an organization and leave a legacy
What is social control theory?
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- people's stake in their wider community (influenced by relationships,
commitments, values, norms, beliefs etc.) encourages them not to break the
law
- externally, they don't want to be shunned and punished by society
- internally, they have more propensity to feel guilt
Who was Samuel Bronfman?
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