Research Questions

Topic Question: To what extent does organized crime affect a society’s youth?

1.     I am interested in writing about organized crime.

2.     I am very interested in this topic and always have been. I’ve always loved movies about organized crime, especially films that are based on true stories because I loved researching about the real events after I saw the movie. For whatever reason gangsters always fascinated me, so it seems like a logical topic to write about. Also, being that I am a member of my society’s youth, I feel it is important and relevant to explore this issue’s impact on the youth.

3.     I have already discovered, to my surprise, that organized crime is still an avid issue around the world that negatively affects communities. As the R.I.C.O. statute has caused organized crime in America to somewhat die down, it didn’t seem to be as prevalent an issue. However, there are a multitude of countries that still face issues with organized crime and its impacts. I need to continue gathering data, however, to answer the question of how society has been and still continues to be impacted by the cruel hand of organized criminals.

4.     I could be wrong, however I doubt any reasonable person out there disagrees that organized crime is an issue. Thousands of people have died and had their lives harshly affected by mobsters over the years; I think we can all agree that’s a bad thing.

5.     The topic is definitely researchable in the given time as there is an insanely large amount of information and history on organized crime to be researched.

6.     Some subtopics that have emerged in my research include the economic impact of organized crime, which pertains to my major, and the social impact of organized crime, which pertains to my fellow youths.

7.     When furthering my research I will definitely pursue answers to questions that pertain to the impacts of organized crime in any country where it exists, as well the historical impacts of organized crime in the United States.

8.     Key terms that relate to this topic include violence, criminal, justice, illegal, and mercenary.