Exam 9: Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups

_____ are the individuals who control the drug distribution in hard-core drug gangs.

Today, about _____ law enforcement agencies with a gang problem operate a gang unit, including more than half of larger cities.

A  ______ strategy assigns police officers to keep peace in local neighborhoods.

Small groups of friends who share intimate knowledge and activities with each other are referred to as _____.

An organized gang is involved in few delinquent activities and heavily involved in drug use and sales.

A ____ is a member of a white supremacist gang, usually with Nazi of Ku Klux Klan markings.

Explain Hagedorn's belief that changing social and economic conditions in the post-globalization world has supported the spread of gang activity. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

_____ was a problem-oriented policing approach that was developed as part of the Youth Violence Strike Force in Boston.

Discuss the anthropological view of why youths join gangs.

Gang members are getting older and the majority of them are now legal adults. Explain why gang members are aging and how this affects gang activity.

_____ gangs tend to victimize members of their own ethnic group, are more organized than other types of gangs, have recognizable leaders, and tend to be secretive.

The Gang Prevention and Intervention Survey found that fully two-thirds of gang members reported having members in their gang whose parents are also active members.

According to _____ theory, delinquent youths are loners who do not form attachments to others.

Detached Street Workers was a program from the 1950s designed to remove prostitutes from their beats.

Groups of youth who collectively engage in delinquent behaviors are called _____.

In Latino gang writings, the term "rifa" means _____.

Small groups of friends who share intimate knowledge and confidences are called ____.

According to the _____ view of gang membership, youths join gangs for protection, fun, survival, and to enhance their lifestyle.

Gangs are a uniquely American phenomenon and do not exist outside the United States.

_____are subgroups of same-aged youths in Hispanic gangs that remain together and have separate names and a unique identity in the gang.