Exam 1: What Is a Gang and How Many Are There

Identify the Chicago 10 descriptors of a gang and explain each.

Which is not a descriptor of gang activity as defined by the text?

Organized crime is not considered a gang.

Defacing of gang graffiti and passing through a designated gang territory, frequently a favorite hangout of a particular gang would be an example of which descriptor?

The movement of gangs form one city to another is called ____________________.

There is no one single definition of a gang.

Gang members are all hard-core members.

From 1996-2008 there has been a _________ in the number of gang members?

_____________ signifies the increase in the number of communities in the nation reporting that they have gang problems.

Gangs can be found in all cities with populations of 300,000 or more.

Part of the problem in arriving at a consensus definition of gang and gang-related crime is that we are dealing with widely accepted stereotypes of gangs.

The dominant law-enforcement perspective is that gangs are essentially criminal conspiracies with:

The percentage of youths who self-report being in a gang or engaging in gang-related behavior has not changed significantly during the past two decades. Typically, no more than 10 to 15% of all youths report being in a gang.

The National Gang Center collects data on gangs in the United States. From where does the center get the data?

Which is not a stereotype of a gang member according to the text?

According to the National Gang Center, which is not an element of a gang?

A group or collectivity of persons engaged in significant illegitimate or criminal activities, mainly threatening and violent is a _________.

Most gang members spend the bulk of their time simply hanging out or engaging in other non-delinquent activities.

A person who portrays themselves as a gang member when they are not officially affiliated with a gang is called: