the border, to the North Italian processor, to the smuggler, to the distributor.He puts X in touch with Y; has Y meet Z. He may be exiled and watched and guarded, but he still manipulates. He is Boss. (Feder and Joesten, 302)Instead of being a neuropsychologically malformed nitwit Luciano is a highly intelligent individual willingly committing his crimes. The level of sophistication used supports Petersilias hypotheses that: The more skilled the offender, the greater his illicit profit will be and The more experienced the offender, the more skilled he is in avoiding arrest and conviction (Petersilia et al., 59).The only period of desistence in offending for Luciano came during a latent period. A period when, in 1936, Charles Lucky Luciano was incarcerated on sixty-two counts of extortion and racketeering in relation to his overseeing of some 200+ brothels in New York. Dozens of prostitutes testified against him as well as a primary associate who plea bargained. The sentence was for 30-50 years in a New York state penitentiary. Ten years later however, his sentenced was commuted when a judge showed clemency and Luciano was deported to Naples, Italy.While in Italy he did not desist but recidivated with Cosa Nostra using his overseas contacts. His criminal career was still flourishing in and out of America in 1954, the year of the books publication, due to the many criminal associations he had networked. What Charles Lucky Lucianos criminal history suggests to us about the nature of offending is that criminals, when adolescents, start offending as the result of a sort of hero worship. In his world, the guys with the flashy clothes, the big cars, and the folding money never work (Feder and Joesten, 44). Offending is not the result of being in dire straits and having neuropsychological deficits, rather it is a chosen lifestyle.The nature of Lucianos crimes also suggest that more elaborate crimes hinder arrest and provide more bene...
