1. What are some of the rules of the American Mafia? How do they differ from the rules of society? What if you were to structure an organized crime organization, what would it look like? Be specific and give examples. Support your thoughts.

2. Compare and contrast the structure of the Sicilian Mafia with that of the structure in the New York Mafia. Which structure do you think is most effective and why? Be specific and support your opinion.

300 words per question for the first two post

3.  When looking at statistics in criminal justice, how do you feel the mean, median, and mode are useful?  Do you feel that there are times when one is more valuable than another?  How can these be used to help deter crime?

4. What is the difference between the central tendency and the dispersion in a group of scores, and why is it important to know about and report both the central tendency and the dispersion of our variables?