The _____ functions as a socializing agent when they inform us ...

[krzymel]

The _____ functions as a socializing agent when they inform us about events, introduce us to a wide variety of people, provide an array of viewpoints on current issues, make us aware of products and services, and entertain us by providing the opportunity to live vicariously (through other people's experiences).
 
  a. family b. school
 c. peer group d. mass media

Question 2

Define organized crime, including the reasons it is so successful and how it has become integrated into society, which makes it difficult to control.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[cpetit11]

Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

Organized crime is a business operation that supplies illegal goods and services for

profit. Premeditated, continuous illegal activities of organized crime include drug

trafficking, prostitution, loan-sharking, money laundering, and large-scale theft such as

truck hijackings. Organized crime thrives because there is great demand for illegal

goods and services. Criminal organizations initially gain control of illegal activities by

combining threats and promises. Apart from their illegal enterprises, organized crime

groups have infiltrated the world of legitimate business. Known linkages between

legitimate businesses and organized crime exist in banking, hotels and motels, real

estate, garbage collection, vending machines, construction, delivery and long-distance

hauling, garment manufacture, insurance, stocks and bonds, vacation resorts, and

funeral parlors. In addition, some law enforcement and government officials are

corrupted through bribery, campaign contributions, and favors intended to buy them off.

[krzymel]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[coreycathey]

Excellent