Department of Sociology, Social Work
& Criminal Justice
| Instructor: Dr. Fran Haga | CRJ 410 Home Page |
| Week 1 | Course Overview, Definitions & Summaries. Begin reading & keep catching up. | Concentrate on reading Lyman & Potter Table of Contents thoroughly. Then take about an hour & 1/2 to skim the whole book by turning all the pages and reading all the Chapter and Section headings. Read "What We Have Learned" at the end of each chapter. For this first reading of the text, take the chapters in order. | |
| Week 2 | "Understanding Organized Crime" | Chapter 1. | |
| Week 3 | "Controlling Organized Crime" | Chapter 10. | |
| Week 4 | "The Illicit Drug Trade" | Chapter 5. | |
| Week 5 | "The Evolution of Organized Crime" | Chapter 3. | |
| Week 6 | "A Comparative Perspective" (Transnational Organized Crime) | Chapter 7. | |
| Week 7 | "Domestic Organized Crime Groups" | Chapter 6. | |
| Week 8 | 1st Exam | Classnotes, Part 1 due | |
| Week 9 | -- Spring Break!! -- | ||
| Week 10 | "The Businesses of Organized Crime" | Chapter 4. | |
| Week 11 | "Theories of Organized Criminal Behavior" | Chapter 2. | |
| Week 12 | "Organized Crime's Political and Corporate Alliance" | Chapter 9. | |
| Week 13 | "Terrorism & Organized Crime" | Chapter 8. | |
| Week 14 | 2nd Exam | Classnotes, Part 2 due | |
| Week 15 | Nick Autry -- "Death Statistics in OC: Is it about death or is it about power?" Jamie Baker -- "OC Bootlegging during Prohibition" Matt Barnes -- "Outlaw Gangs and Methamphetamine" Amanda Bishop -- "Al Capone & the St. Valentine's Day Massacre" Kevin Campbell -- "The Reign of Lucky Luciano as Crime Boss" Carrie Clouse -- "Video Poker in the South Carolina Border Casinos" Missie Degon -- "Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano" Lance Hagans -- "Charles "Bugs" Moran" |
Present essential features as PP transparancies ("slides") in class. Read whole shows on the Web. | Evaluation Criteria |
| Week 16 | Robert Hunt -- "Criminal Gangs" Kyle Justice -- "The Untouchables & the Chicago Mafia" Marjorie Locklear -- "Illegal Gaming: Eagles, hawks, chicken & dog fighting" Michael Lowery Erin Methvin -- "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" |
Present essential "slides." Read the rest on the web. | |
| Week 17 | Luciana "Shawn" Stackhouse -- "Contemporary Black Organized Crime" Erin Williams -- "Youth Gangs: Female" Cheryl Zellman -- "Drugs & Organized Crime" Bobbie Oxendine -- "The Chicago Mob: William 'Big Bill' Thompson, Mont Tennes, & Al Capone: How these men and prohibition turned Chicago upside down with fear and corruption" |
Each student is responsible for presenting on their scheduled day, or making arrangements for a "trade" of presentation dates. All presentations should be complete by end of class, May 2nd. | |
| Week 18 | Final Exam | Directed Critique of Selected Case/Issue Presentations |