Deck 5: Community Policing and Gangs

Question 1

According to the definition from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a gang is an association whose members collectively identify themselves by adopting a which type of identity?

A) group
B) personal
C) gender
D) class

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is a characteristic of gangs mentioned in the official federal definition from the Department of Justice and Immigration and Customs Enforcement?

A) The members may employ rules for joining and operating within the association.
B) The group has some permanence and a degree of organization.
C) The group is involved in an elevated level of criminal activity.
D) The members view themselves as a gang and are recognized by others as a gang.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The federal definition of gangs represents the characteristics of gangs, such as the ______.

A) Russian Mafia
B) La Cosa Nostra
C) The Triads
D) Hells Angels

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following was identified in the text as one of the most common gang-related crimes?

A) money laundering
B) kidnapping
C) auto theft
D) embezzlement

Question 5

Street gangs vary greatly by size and which type of composition?

A) age
B) class
C) racial/ethnic
D) gender

Question 6

A ______ street gang poses the greatest threat due to the quantity of illegal drugs and their violent nature.

A) regional
B) neighborhood
C) national
D) local

Question 7

One of the main goals of street gangs is to gain access to the international ______.

A) drug trade
B) wildlife trade
C) human trafficking trade
D) weapons trade

Question 8

Barrio 18 is an example of which type of gang?

A) prison
B) street
C) motorcycle
D) organized crime

Question 9

According to the text, the Barrio 18 gang heavily recruits immigrant students who are in ______.

A) elementary and middle school
B) middle school and high school
C) high school and college
D) college and elementary school

Question 10

Prison gangs are more powerful in which type of correctional institution?

A) local/county jail
B) state penitentiary
C) federal penitentiary
D) private prison

Question 11

Which of the following statements pertaining to prison gangs is true?

A) They are primarily involved in weapons/arms trafficking.
B) They only operate inside of the prison.
C) They do not abide by a hierarchical structure.
D) They are typically structured along racial and ethnic lines.

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a prison gang?

A) Barrio 18
B) La Cosa Nostra
C) Aryan Brotherhood
D) MS-13

Question 13

Which type of gang refers to themselves as the "one percenters?"

A) outlaw motorcycle gangs
B) street gangs
C) organized crime gangs
D) prison gangs

Question 14

Which type of motorcycle gang serves as a recruiting ground and as helpers for criminal acts?

A) support clubs
B) regional clubs
C) larger clubs
D) satellite clubs

Question 15

The Hells Angels and the Sons of Silence motorcycle gangs are an example of a _____.

A) satellite club
B) regional club
C) larger club
D) support club

Question 16

Which type of gang typically has a large number of juvenile members?

A) street gang
B) prison gang
C) motorcycle gang
D) organized crime gang

Question 17

Gang "recruitment season" takes place during the _____.

A) fall
B) winter
C) spring
D) summer

Question 18

Which of the following is a risk factor that plays a role in a juvenile's decision to join a gang and engage in delinquent acts?

A) educational aspirations
B) family poverty
C) religious beliefs
D) high IQ

Question 19

Joining a gang to achieve a level of status that he or she feels impossible outside the gang culture is consistent with which motivating factor identified by the Los Angeles Police Department?

A) criminal activity
B) fellowship and brotherhood
C) identity or recognition
D) protection

Question 20

The "Royals" are an example of a(n) ______.

A) ethnic prison gang
B) White street gang
C) organized crime syndicate
D) outlaw motorcycle gang

Question 21

The prevailing drug distributed by gangs on the West Coast is ______.

A) marijuana
B) methamphetamine
C) cocaine
D) heroin

Question 22

Which of the following strategies developed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) involves local citizens, including former gang-involved youth, community groups, agencies, and coordination of programs and staff functions within and across agencies?

A) organizational change and development
B) community mobilization
C) opportunities provision
D) suppression

Question 23

"Reaching out" to gang-involved youth and their families and linking them to the conventional world and needed services is consistent with which of the following strategies?

A) community mobilization
B) organizational change and development
C) social intervention
D) suppression

Question 24

The close monitoring of gang-involved youth by agencies of the juvenile/criminal justice system and also by community-based agencies, schools, and grassroots groups is consistent with which of the following strategies?

A) suppression
B) social intervention
C) opportunities provision
D) organizational change and development

Question 25

Which strategy targets the most dangerous gang members with the goal to remove them from the community?

A) community mobilization
B) social intervention
C) opportunities provision
D) suppression

Question 26

There is no agreed upon definition of the term "gang."

Question 27

Anti-racketeering laws that have brought down other mafia groups have been successful in suppressing street gang activity.

Question 28

Data show that gangs are not as widespread a problem as previously thought.

Question 29

Gangs are known to use social media platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, to recruit juvenile gang members.

Question 30

Youth who join gangs often perform poorly in school and lack skills, such as socialization, self-control, self-esteem, and refusal.

Question 31

According to arrest datathe National Youth Survey, the vast majority of gang members are racial-ethnicpeople of color minorities.

Question 32

Street gangs in the United States used to cooperate with Mexican drug trafficking organizations (MDTOs), but have since cut them out of the business.

Question 33

Children are often recruited by gangs to be drug runners in their communities.

Question 34

According to Scott Decker, a leading expert on gang recruitment and violence, law enforcement leaders should not burden the public with the nitty-gritty details of gang-prevention work.

Question 35

The main goal of the G. R.E.A.T. program is to immunize youth against delinquency and gang membership.

Question 36

What are some of the characteristics of gangs, according to the official definition used by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)?

Question 37

Discuss the impact of social media on gang membership and violence against law enforcement.

Question 38

Identify and discuss the Los Angeles Police Department's five main motivating factors for juveniles to join gangs.

Question 39

Explain why there are discrepancies between law enforcement data and the youth survey data pertaining to gang membership for White people and people of color.

Question 40

Explain the G. R.E.A.T. program. What is it? What is its goal? How is it implemented?