Examples of organized crime in the United States include drug trafficking, smuggling of migrants, money laundering, weapons trafficking, illicit gaming extortion of counterfeit products, wildlife, and cybercrime.

What factors contribute to the criminal enterprise are dependent on the context and where they live in poverty, parental neglect, low confidence, alcohol and substance addiction may be the explanation why people break the law or have been raised in an atmosphere that raises the risk of breaking the law or of having a family criminal background in the past.

The way the United States criminal justice system the way it deals with crimes is focused on in 1970 the Racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act which is a federal law intended to fight organized crime in us because it gives us the right to prosecution and civil penalties for racketeering for this activity such as illicit gambling, bribing, child abduction are examples and is how the united states are dealing with criminal activity.

The law enforcement organizations that are involved are the FBI that specializes in dismantling transnational organized crime groups that pose a danger to the national and economic security of the United States and the police department, as well as helping to protect the community and lock them up if they break the law and detain people on a regular basis, and I feel that the criminal justice system is failing us because of a lot of people are getting killed by a police officer has increased each year and getting away with it. 

I believe that law enforcement authorities are trying to monitor organized crime by ensuring that as many people as possible are kept away from crimes in order to minimize the possibility of people getting detained, it also depends on whether the police will locate a person under investigation to make sure that if crimes such as Kidnapping and Murder are identified, they will be arrested and able to get peace from the person who was murder and for kidnapping to feel safe again without being scared someone is going to take them again so FBI and Police work together to protect us from criminals.

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Under the theory of Environmental Criminology, most organized crimes may be explained by looking into the context to which criminal activities and criminals operate in. As such, crimes like drug offenses, migrant smuggling, arms smuggling, money laundering, extortion, cybercrime, and the illegal sale of counterfeit products and wildlife can be heavily explained by the environmental factors that are present in a certain community, area, or state.

To illustrate, it has been found that arms and migrant smuggling are most prevalent in the borders of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California as these states are geographically located near borders which incentive the commission of border related crimes. The communities surrounding these area provide a context to which criminal activity is practiced and circumstances around it such community making the crime more doable. In the case of Florida, drug trafficking have been the most prevalent transnational crime as it becomes a strategic entry point of Cuban and other south American drug cartels. Thus, the theory of environmental criminology heavily supports the proposition presented in the statement above.

Furthermore, it is equally true that the way United States criminal justice system have been responding to transnational and organized crimes have been harmful to American Society. Their "go hard on crime" policy have resulted to several civil rights violations to the detriment of the American people. On average, an estimate of 1,100 people are shot by police in the United States which are attributable to the flimsy implementation of anti-crime policies and initiatives by police agencies. Constitutionally mandate rights have also been subject to legitimate threats form police practices that ignore the fundamental rights of Americans which have led numerous scholars to criticize and oppose the current policy against crimes and criminals in general.

What is equally problematic is the fact that notwithstanding the policies of America in doubling down on crimes, several crimes are still left with high impunity rates and low arrest rates as shown in a study in 2018. This means that although law enforcement agencies have been treated crimes severely, their efficiency and effectivity in treating them have been subpar compared to other countries. These aggressive pursuits against crimes have also led to civilian deaths and injuries through police brutalities and misconduct in the past decade. The proposition above is accurate in showing that current police practices have been harmful to civil and political rights Americans are entitled to. It is submitted that there should always exist a balance between law enforcement and protecting civil liberties which the American criminal justice system needs to work on.

Lastly, police officers should be more trained in preventing these crimes and develop programs which bring citizens away from these criminal activities. As correctly stated in the proposition above, criminal justice should focus more on community deterrence in order to avoid further commission of organized and transnational crimes. This includes speedy report systems and effective zonal monitoring in order to see whether organized crimes are operated in a certain location in every states in America. The police force should be proactive in responding to crimes and should ensure the certainty of prosecution if they want to improve the quality of criminal justice in the United States.

All in all, the proposition above is a grounded critique and commentary to the American criminal justice system.