--- "Klein, Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You might try Goodfellas. This is one of the better movies depicting
> the planning and commission of organized crime.
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Another one might be Matchstick Men - about a neurotic criminal.
You could also go allmovie.com and do a search.
Best,
Evan Cooper
> Lloyd Klein
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> Sociology
> Macon State College
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> Subject: TEACHSOC: crime as work-- Film?
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> have been slacking on my sociological duty to go to the movies for a
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> Christina Baker Myers, PhD
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> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:41:15 EST
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> Don't know if any sociologists have studied it, but there is a
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> systems.Steven Sherman-----Original Message-----From: Evan
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> Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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> Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:26:03 -0800 (PST)Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: crime
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> work>Hello: I have a student who is interested in doing a
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