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Article: Organized Crime Control Act
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ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT
ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT.
The purpose of this 1970 act was to eliminate organized crime "by establishing new penal prohibitions and by providing enhanced sanctions and new remedies to deal with the unlawful activities of those engaged in organized crime." As the title suggests, lawmakers sought to provide enhanced and novel legal tools for law enforcement. Because the level of violence and crime had continued to rise in post
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World War II America, there were many who criticized existing laws related to personal safety and the security of property. McCarthyism, the Kefauver Hearings, civil rights demonstrations, Vietnam War protests, and liberal ...