John Madeira Period 6

 Italian Mobster known as the father of organized crime in America  Migrated to the United States when he was 10  Head of a powerful crime family in New York  Dropped out of school in 1914

 Didn’t do well in school because he didn’t speak English well, preferred to learn about life on the streets of New York's Lower East Side.  He sought to “create a national organized crime network to quell any conflicts, manage disputes and establish guidelines between the different operations.”

 Used to make his classmates pay him for protection, if they didn’t he’d beat them himself  First convicted from was being caught selling heroin – served 6 months at a reformatory

 Luciano took over for Joe Masseria becoming the head of the Genovese crime family, one of the “five families” of New York crime  Ordered the death of rival boss Salvatore Maranzano in September 1931

 Luciano and 8 others were brought up on charges of extortion and prostitution in 1936  Convicted and sentenced for years in jail  Sent to the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.  Nicknamed "Siberia" because of its remote location

 Offered to help the allies (from jail) by reaching out to criminal connections in Italy  Received parole and deportation order after the war  Traveled to Cuba in 1947, was sent back and ordered not to leave Naples

 Suffered a heart attack and died in 1962 in Naples  Body sent to U.S. where he is buried in New York  Crime family still exists today

 I think the theory that best explains my criminal is Differential-Association theory. Due to his role as the leader of a crime family, he had to get their somehow. He had to start low on the “food chain” and work his way up to the top. By working his way up, he ended up spending time with other criminals, or members of his crime family. By spending time with other criminals he learned through them, which is differential-association theory. Differential-Association theory is a theory about deviance that says people’s behavior is determined by the company they keep. Within this theory, there are four conditions. The first one is Criminal behavior is learned in interactions with others. The second one is Learning criminal behavior allows acquiring: both criminal techniques and the motives that drive it. The third condition is Someone is likely to become a criminal if that person’s values and the values of the individuals who have the greatest influence over him/her strongly support criminal activities rather than noncriminal. The fourth and final condition is A person’s criminal associations can vary in certain respects such as: frequency, length, and intensity of these contacts.