Brotherhood of the Deep - Answer o First criminal organization in North America
o Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722)
8 common characteristics - Answer o No political goals: the goals of an organized crime
group are money and power
o Hierarchical: a vertical power structure, not just a leader and followers
o Membership: a limited or exclusive membership
o Subculture: constitute a unique culture, esoteric rituals
o Perpetuation: perpetuates itself
o Violence: willingness to use illegal violence
o Monopolistic: hegemony over a territory
o Rules: governed by rules and regulations
H2O metaphor - Answer The two hydrogen atoms are the use of the violence, the oxygen
is the connecting component that allows for access to power
Code of John Phillips - Answer To help ensure order while at sea, pirates were amongst
the first organized criminals to implement rules, regulations, and a code of conduct.
Lettre de Marque à legitimization of crime - Answer Lettre de Marque is permission
granted by a state to a private citizen to arm a ship and seize merchant vessels of
another nation.
Markham Gang - Answer - a notorious criminal organization located primarily in Ontario,
Canada, in the middle of the 19th century.
- used its private communications network of couriers across what was then Canada
West to build a criminal empire that spread into neighbouring states.
Yellow Peril - Answer o Discrimination
o Opium trade, tariff increase in black market
o Chinatown
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