Deck 16: Organized Crime

Question 1

Which of the following is a predatory/consensual crime?

A) kidnapping
B) illegal trade in organs
C) loansharking
D) stock market manipulation

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The term used in the text for organized crime that crosses national boundaries is:

A) international organized crime
B) multi-national organized crime
C) transnational organized crime
D) global organized crime

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The legal definition of organized crime in the Criminal Code requires at least::

A) two persons
B) two Canadian residents
C) three persons
D) three Canadian residents

Answer 3

B

Question 4

An Italian-American mafia member who believes that anyone who follows the rules and laws is a sucker and deserves to be victimized is a(n)

A) capo
B) wise guy
C) mafioso
D) made guy

Question 5

All of the following are normal practices of an outlaw motorcycle gang chapter EXCEPT

A) a written constitution and bylaws
B) recording of minutes of meetings
C) collection of dues
D) inspection of motorcycles

Question 6

Which of the following positions was lowest in the Italian-American mafia hierarchy described in the bureaucratic/hierarchical model of the structure of organized crime?

A) capo
B) lieutenants
C) soldiers
D) hangers-on

Question 7

According to Anderson,which of the following is a component of the network model of the structure of organized crime?

A) patron-client model
B) kinship model
C) strain theory
D) differential association theory

Question 8

Which of the following organized crime groups includes individual who were former intelligence officers?

A) Chinese/Asian
B) Outlaw motorcycle gangs
C) Colombian/South American
D) Russian/Easter European

Question 9

Ethnic succession theory is based on

A) strain theory
B) social control theory
C) differential association theory
D) deterrence theory

Question 10

In Alien Conspiracy theory,the body created by La Cosa Nostra to coordinate and regulate competing interests of various Italian crime groups was called

A) the Outfit
B) the "capo di tutti capi"
C) the Commission
D) the Church

Question 11

The legal definition of organized crime of the Commission of the European Communities requires at least:

A) two persons
B) two European residents
C) three persons
D) three European residents

Question 12

Which of the following did the Cali Cartel from Colombia use to insulate upper echelons from enforcement and prosecution?

A) having associates not part of the cartel do much of the illegal activity
B) instituting a code of silence
C) moving leadership to different countries
D) having offenders in one cell not knowing who was in other cells

Question 13

Which Canadian city harbours most of the 'ndrangheta?

A) Toronto
B) Vancouver
C) Montreal
D) Winnipeg

Question 14

Which Canadian city's Italian organized crime was run independently of other crime groups in either the United States or Italy?

A) Toronto
B) Vancouver
C) Montreal
D) Winnipeg

Question 15

The kinship model of the structure of organized crime was developed primarily by

A) the Kefauver Commission
B) Ianni and Reuss-Ianni
C) Anderson
D) Morselli

Question 16

An outlaw motorcycle gang chapter usually has ___________ members.

A) 6-10
B) 6-25
C) 15-30
D) any number

Question 17

Prohibition in the United States is used as an example supporting the ideas of:

A) alien conspiracy theory
B) ethnic succession theory
C) public policy impetus
D) economic theories

Question 18

Which of the following is a purely consensual crime?

A) counterfeiting
B) extortion
C) corporate fraud
D) loan sharkiing

Question 19

The concept of underground markets is most closely associated with

A) alien conspiracy theory
B) ethnic succession theory
C) public policy impetus
D) economic theories

Question 20

All of the following are terms for a member of a mafia family EXCEPT

A) associate
B) wise guy
C) made guy
D) good fellow

Question 21

A recruit attempting to join an outlaw motorcycle gang is referred to as a(n)

A) Striker
B) outlaw
C) one-percenter
D) filthy few

Question 22

The diagram of Al Capone's illegal enterprises supports which of the following theories of the structure of organized crime?

A) the bureaucratic/hierarchical model
B) the kinship model
C) the patron-client model
D) the network model

Question 23

The only organized criminal group that is not based on ethnic ties are the

A) Russian Mafia
B) Chinese Triads
C) Canadian-based Mafia groups
D) Outlaw Motorcycle gangs

Question 24

Organized crime in Russia developed as a direct result of the

A) prohibition in Russia outlawing the sale of alcohol.
B) destruction of the French Connection as the main supplier of heroin into Canada creating a need for a new supplier.
C) end of the Vietnam war which opened up the market for the distribution of heroin form the Golden Triangle to Europe.
D) fall of Communism in 1991 in the USSR created conditions within Russia that were ideal for criminals.