The triad society has long been believed to be a secret organisation originally founded by a group of monks in the Shaolin Temple in mid-seventeenth century China aiming to overthrow the alien Qing government and restore the native Chinese Ming Dynasty (Chu, 2000). The triad’s influence eventually extended to Hong Kong and to other Chinese communities overseas. Its known that there has been a strong triad presence on Hong Kong Island a long time before the British took it as a colony in 1842 by the Treaty of Nanjing. Although triad societies had existed among the original inhabitants before the British arrived and had flourished afterwards, almost all triad members joined the societies in China before migrating to Hong Kong (Chu, 2000).
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The triads need to show their power to the owners of the premises to make sure they use their protection services. One way they use of showing how powerful they are is through violence. Gambetta (1993) explains how it is essential for the triads to use violence to provide protection and that the triads can establish their reputation as a dependable and powerful protector by showing efficient use of violence. The triad’s reputation is very important to them. The triads make sure they are seen as powerful as they know this will show to other potential businessmen in need of protection that they are dependable and they have the ability to …show more content…
This is because during the renovation for the premises the owner is approached by local triads who are there to offer the owner their services. They tell the owners how they are offering protection against potential extortion from other gangs operating in the area. The triad will want the owner to pay a monthly fee to him for his protection but the amount will vary on the location of the premises and how much the will make whilst operating there. Normally the triad societies will collect around 10% of the businesses profits as its protection fees. The business will pay this, as they will more than likely get a safe environment to operate in, free from
Surveillance plays a major role in control and in community. Therefore, how a business uses surveillance will affect its business structure. This in turn shows that pancake structured businesses and pyramid structured businesses use surveillance for different reasons.
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Illegal Markets can be deemed as secondary social groups, with their complex social structure and social interaction between each group. Such example could be during and drug sale with the interaction between the dealer and the client. Sociology in Our Times introduces that, “Social structure gives us the ability to interpret the social situations we encounter.”(Kendall 123) Thus, the social structure and the social interaction is already present and built around the known setting. Class system have different effects on the setting of crime scenes. Kendall describes class system as a “types of stratification based on the ownership…” (Kendall 225) so different classes have various, and differential ownership. Upper class and even upper middle class will have ownership of more hot products, things that hit all the check marks; concealable, removable, available, valuable, enjoyable, and disposable. But this doesn’t mean that the upper class is stolen from the most. Those in the upper class families are more likely to have stay at home moms who can act as guardians of their setting and hot products. Offenders wish for a target “who look like an easy purse-snatch” (Felson/Boba), or in other words the subordinate to they’re dominate. Offenders understand that the target will be easier to acquire if that target is weak. Furthermore the target could be safe if surrounded by dominate
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Stewart Gordon is an expert historian who specializes in Asian history. He is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan and has authored three different books on Asia. Gordon’s When Asia Was The World uses the narratives of several different men to explore The Golden Age of medieval Asia. The fact that this book is based on the travels and experiences of the everyday lives of real people gives the reader a feeling of actually experiencing the history. Gordon’s work reveals to the reader that while the Europeans were trapped in the dark ages, Asia was prosperous, bursting with culture, and widely connected by trade. This book serves to teach readers about the varieties of cultures, social practices, and religions that sprang from and spread out from ancient Asia itself and shows just how far Asia was ahead of the rest of the world
The Warring States is the subject and title of Griffith’s third chapter, which gives an enlightening look at the life and times in China after the defeat of the rule of Chin at Ching Yang in 453. (p. 20) The country was divided into eight individual warring sects (with the exception of Yen...
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Unfortunately, these criminals are not just fictional characters. Organized crime is a major issue not only in the United States, but around the globe. In recent times, criminal organizations have become increasingly transnational, meaning they are not limited within the borders that they originate in, as a result of the Internet and advances in communication technologies. Crime syndicates like the Yamaguchi-gumi, the Russian mafia, and the Sinaloa Cartel pose immense threats to many nations outside of their own. Evidently, it is important to understand what exactly these criminal organizations are. This paper will attempt to define organized crime, describe the common structures of criminal organizations, and detail efforts made by the federal government to control organized
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The Social Psychology Network (SNL) is a professional organization with a large number of members. The organization is found online through a website. The purpose of the (SNL) is research, educate, and the promote psychology (Social Psychology Network, 2016). In this essay I will discuss the theoretical perspectives of social psychology with information obtained from the website. I will look at and discuss psychologist’s studies as they relate to each subject.
The integrity within Chinas national identity is said to be ephemeral changing since the archaic China. After The Treaty of Nanjing (1842-1997) was signed to end the first Opium war, HK became a crown colony of the Great British Empire (GBE) on a lease for 99 years. China had become lost, what was once part of their nation’s identity had been taken. People of Kowloon began to lose their traditions, and their culture was beginning to disappear with new ports opening bringing Western products into China. HK horror between 1842 and 1997 has arguably been influenced by Western cinema – “It has been argued that Western film critics are simply asserting a kind of cultural imperialism by imposing their own perspectives on non-western film” – Kaplan, A. E. (1997). Looking for the other : Feminism, film, and the imperial gaze. New York: Routledge. A Chinese Ghost story is a narrative about the unrequited love Ling Choi San shares with a ghost (Lip Siu Sin) who has the intentions to kill. Can the differential dominance in these characters be a replica of the relationship between Britain and HK? “It’s a shame you came to the wrong place, otherwise you wouldn’t have to die such a wrongful death” – A Chinese Ghost Story, Lip Siu Sin. This quote can relate to what China believed, that Great Britain knew the ascendancy of HK was great, therefore they made it part of the GBE. The scen...
Television has seen plenty of producers, writers and viewers attracted to crime and deviance. The crime drama series is not an unchanging structure but develops in an intricate relationship with audiences, media institutions, social contexts and other genres. Crime drama series’ structure often begins with some strains to the social order by criminal forces. Historically police officers or “cops” are good and the criminals are bad. However today we can notice “bent” cops and sometimes sympathetic villains.
"A family is a small social group of people related by ancestry or affection, who share common values and goals, who may live together in the same dwelling, and who may participate in the bearing and raising of children. They have a physical or emotional connection with each other that is ongoing" (Vissing, 2011) and is the foundation of all societies. They can be formed by a grouping of father-mother-children or even more complicated combination of relatives. In the primary stage of family life in the United States, everyone from every generation lived together in one house. Subsequently, the idea of traditional family evolved and a married couple with children is at present, often called the traditional family. There are many types of families; however, this paper will focus on the traditional family. It will describe how the functionalist perspective, conflict perspective, and the interactionism theory apply to the sociological institution known as a family. It will explain some of the similarities and differences between the sociological theories in regards to families and how they affect the family members.