Deck 1: Gang and Organized Crime History and Foundations

Question 1

Mackintosh led a gang-like group of men called the ___________

A) Outskirts
B) Nickers
C) South Enders
D) Fly Boys

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Ebenezer Mackintosh's gang looted several gov't officials protesting

A) The Stamp Act
B) The Boston Tea Party
C) Social Inequality
D) The Revolutionary War

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The first criminal US gang with a definite acknowledged leadership was called the

A) Five Points
B) Sons of Anarchy
C) Pug Uglies
D) Forty Thieves

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The existence of early Juvenile gangs was blamed on what system?

A) Slavery
B) Apprentice
C) Child-Labor
D) Orphanage

Question 5

In what decade was the American version of the Mafia established in NY?

A) 1890
B) 1900
C) 1910
D) 1930

Question 6

Mafia groups capitalized on ________________from 1920-1933

A) Great Migration
B) Slave trades
C) Prohibition
D) Young gangs

Question 7

In a recent analysis what percentage of gangs affect suburban areas?

A) 25.8
B) 35.5
C) 5.5
D) 16

Question 8

The most essential feature of the criminal gang is that its members routinely engage in ____________________

A) Looting
B) Meeting with gang leaders
C) Confrontation with police
D) Unlawful violent behavior

Question 9

The four recurrent themes that exist among a representative sampling of gang definitions are 1) self-recognition 2) perception and labeling by the community 3) delinquent or criminal acts 4) __________________

A) Drug and or alcohol use
B) An actual or willingness to use violence and force
C) Wearing colors to distinguish from other groups
D) Doing or willing to do jail time

Question 10

A group is a gang when

A) It becomes large enough and violent enough to be labeled by the local police
B) It has a defined leadership with a group color
C) It exits for or benefits substantially from the continuing criminal activity of its members
D) It has a name that has become known to the local community and law enforcement

Question 11

Theorists have examined the gang from the standpoint of

A) A small violent community
B) A Mafia like family
C) Color coordinated criminals
D) A group or self-affiliated tribe

Question 12

Reasons for joining a gang include all the following, except

A) Self-awareness
B) A desire to belong to something
C) Protection from other hostile gangs
D) Perceived opportunities for power or economic success

Question 13

According to Edwin Sutherland learning criminal behavior occurs

A) During periods of isolation
B) In intimate personal groups
C) While playing video games
D) Before joining a gang

Question 14

Sanchez-Jankowski observed that gangs were a natural response in the competition for

A) Recognition
B) Territory
C) Scarce resources
D) Social order

Question 15

The game theorist Bourdieu assumes that _________and _____________ are closely related.

A) Economic capital, venture capital
B) Economic capital, social capital
C) Compensation, street cred
D) Social capital and street capital