Question 1

How can distinctions be made between organised crime and corporate or white collar crime?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no distinction 
B) Organised crime is involved in lower levels of criminal activity 
C) Organised crime does not normally have legitimate businesses at their heart 
A) There is no distinction 
B) Organised crime is involved in lower levels of criminal activity 
C) Organised crime does not normally have legitimate businesses at their heart C

Question 2

According to recent research (Matrix 2007) drug dealers do not regard their activities as particularly risky.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Drug traffickers are said to earn gross profit margins of 300%

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

How has Europol's remit been extended since 9/11?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

What has been the response to various forms of transnational criminal activity?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Interpol was never intended as an operational police force.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

People trafficking and migrant smuggling are the same activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did Cressey (1972) argue that organised crime in America was dominated by the Mafia?

Accepted Answer

A) because they were immigrants 
B) because they seemed to be highly organised with nationwide influence 
C) because the police were corrupt 
A) because they were immigrants 
B) because they seemed to be highly organised with nationwide influence 
C) because the police were corrupt

Question 9

What is the 'alien succession thesis'?

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that immigrants are usually more successful than indigenous populations 
B) As particular ethnic groups become gradually assimilated to the mainstream, they are replaced in organised crime by other, more recent arrivals 
C) The thesis that some ethnic populations have better business sense than others 
A) The idea that immigrants are usually more successful than indigenous populations 
B) As particular ethnic groups become gradually assimilated to the mainstream, they are replaced in organised crime by other, more recent arrivals 
C) The thesis that some ethnic populations have better business sense than others

Question 10

Why is organised crime difficult to define?

Accepted Answer

A) because it is cross-national 
B) because the forms of activity it covers are diverse 
C) because it must fulfil at least 11 identified criteria 
A) because it is cross-national 
B) because the forms of activity it covers are diverse 
C) because it must fulfil at least 11 identified criteria

Question 11

Why have organised crime groups never developed in Britain as they have in America?

Accepted Answer

A) because of a more conservative social and political system 
B) because of effective and efficient police 
C) because the supply and consumption of alcohol, the opiates, gambling and prostitution remain legal, but partly regulated 
A) because of a more conservative social and political system 
B) because of effective and efficient police 
C) because the supply and consumption of alcohol, the opiates, gambling and prostitution remain legal, but partly regulated

Question 12

Why was the European Police Office or 'Europol' established?

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Question 13

How did Chambliss' (1978) findings run contrary to the dominant grain of thinking about organised crime?

Accepted Answer

A) He said it was not really a major problem 
B) He concluded that organised crime was not controlled by some form of national syndicate who exercised a feudal-like control over their underlings across the nation 
C) his research did not support the idea that there was some 'godfather' or even a group of private citizens running these rackets 
A) He said it was not really a major problem 
B) He concluded that organised crime was not controlled by some form of national syndicate who exercised a feudal-like control over their underlings across the nation 
C) his research did not support the idea that there was some 'godfather' or even a group of private citizens running these rackets

Question 14

How did the fall of Communism lead to heightened concerns about Transnational Organised Crime (TOC)?

Accepted Answer

A) Communist spies were now exposed 
B) It opened up borders 
C) Europe became more affluent 
A) Communist spies were now exposed 
B) It opened up borders 
C) Europe became more affluent

Question 15

Drug dealing is a dangerous activity and dealers regard violence is an essential, intrinsic part of the work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is the drugs market 'pyramid model'?

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Question 17

The 'war on drugs' is unlikely ever to be won.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What were the two assumptions of traditional understandings of American organised crime?

Accepted Answer

A) that it involved an 'alien other' (the modern stereotype being Italian immigrants, particularly from Sicily) 
B) that it had been imported from Britain 
C) that the organisations involved were characterised by a formal, hierarchical structure. 
A) that it involved an 'alien other' (the modern stereotype being Italian immigrants, particularly from Sicily) 
B) that it had been imported from Britain 
C) that the organisations involved were characterised by a formal, hierarchical structure.

Question 19

Why did the Mafia flourish in the south of Italy in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) due to drug trafficking 
B) family ties were predominant 
C) the state was relatively weak 
A) due to drug trafficking 
B) family ties were predominant 
C) the state was relatively weak

Exam 20: Organised Crime

How can distinctions be made between organised crime and corporate or white collar crime?

According to recent research (Matrix 2007) drug dealers do not regard their activities as particularly risky.

Drug traffickers are said to earn gross profit margins of 300%

How has Europol's remit been extended since 9/11?

What has been the response to various forms of transnational criminal activity?

Interpol was never intended as an operational police force.

People trafficking and migrant smuggling are the same activities.

Why did Cressey (1972) argue that organised crime in America was dominated by the Mafia?

What is the 'alien succession thesis'?

Why is organised crime difficult to define?

Why have organised crime groups never developed in Britain as they have in America?

Why was the European Police Office or 'Europol' established?

How did Chambliss' (1978) findings run contrary to the dominant grain of thinking about organised crime?

How did the fall of Communism lead to heightened concerns about Transnational Organised Crime (TOC)?

Drug dealing is a dangerous activity and dealers regard violence is an essential, intrinsic part of the work.

What is the drugs market 'pyramid model'?

The 'war on drugs' is unlikely ever to be won.

What were the two assumptions of traditional understandings of American organised crime?

Why did the Mafia flourish in the south of Italy in the nineteenth century?

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