Question 1

Teenagers in gangs are _____ to break the law than those who are not.

Accepted Answer

A)   more likely
B)   less likely
C)   as likely
D)   not as likely A

Question 2

The FBI maintains a large database of information on gang members and gang-related activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Police records _____ the level and intensity of any gang problem.

Accepted Answer

A)   under-report
B)   over-report
C)   accurately report
D)   ignore A

Question 4

What may be the basis of a gang?

Accepted Answer

A)   race or ethnicity
B)   the local neighborhood
C)   the type of illegal activity they pursue
D)   all of the above

Question 5

Which is a Folks-style gang?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vice Lords
B)   Black Gangster Disciples
C)   Latin Kings
D)   Bloods

Question 6

The tendency of research subjects not to act as they normally would as a result of their awareness of being studied.

Accepted Answer

A)   Habersham effect
B)   Hawking effect
C)   Hawthorne effect
D)   Hayward effect

Question 7

A problem with trying to rehabilitate gang members is that many youth detention facilities already have gangs inside that influence the inmates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Teenagers in gangs are just as likely to break the law than those who aren't.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The degree to which the results of an individual study and/or investigation sample can be applied to other studies and samples.

Accepted Answer

A)   randomization
B)   believability
C)   specificity
D)   generalizability

Question 10

What may encourage delinquent youths to become involved with existing gangs or to begin one of their own?

Accepted Answer

A)   peer loyalty
B)   rejection of conventional society
C)   social isolation from schools and family
D)   all of the above

Question 11

The idea behind this type of gang prevention is to remove factors from the community that are suspected to breed gang involvement.

Accepted Answer

A)   secondary gang prevention
B)   tertiary gang prevention
C)   quaternary gang prevention
D)   primary gang prevention

Question 12

What are field studies useful for?

Accepted Answer

A)   collecting large amounts of data that can compare gangs between cities
B)   scholars concerned with the circumstances in gang members' lives
C)   understanding police activity
D)   gathering gang crime statistics

Question 13

What is one of the largest of the People-style gangs?

Accepted Answer

A)   Crips
B)   Latin Kings
C)   Bloods
D)   Skinheads

Question 14

Which is a problem that field researchers must deal with when attempting to study gangs?

Accepted Answer

A)   affecting the research setting
B)   resisting generalizations
C)   finding gang members who are willing to talk
D)   all of the above

Question 15

There are no all-female gangs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Research on gangs has concluded that definition of a gang member has two aspects. Which is one of these?

Accepted Answer

A)   introversion
B)   involvement in crime
C)   community loyalty
D)   bonding with other gangs

Question 17

According to Curry and Decker, gangs have core members and fringe members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The most common offense committed by these types of gangs is the extortion of Asian businesses and wealthy Asians.

Accepted Answer

A)   triads
B)   dyads
C)   Bloods
D)   Disciples

Question 19

A gang is a _____ group whereby the gang comes first in how members identify themselves and is a relationship that supersedes nearly all others.

Accepted Answer

A)   primary
B)   tertiary
C)   secondary
D)   informal

Question 20

Which gang was connected to the Black Panthers political party of the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Folks
B)   Bloods
C)   Crips
D)   all of the above

Exam 10: Youth Gangs and Delinquency

Teenagers in gangs are _____ to break the law than those who are not.

The FBI maintains a large database of information on gang members and gang-related activity.

Police records _____ the level and intensity of any gang problem.

What may be the basis of a gang?

Which is a Folks-style gang?

The tendency of research subjects not to act as they normally would as a result of their awareness of being studied.

A problem with trying to rehabilitate gang members is that many youth detention facilities already have gangs inside that influence the inmates.

Teenagers in gangs are just as likely to break the law than those who aren't.

The degree to which the results of an individual study and/or investigation sample can be applied to other studies and samples.

What may encourage delinquent youths to become involved with existing gangs or to begin one of their own?

The idea behind this type of gang prevention is to remove factors from the community that are suspected to breed gang involvement.

What are field studies useful for?

What is one of the largest of the People-style gangs?

Which is a problem that field researchers must deal with when attempting to study gangs?

There are no all-female gangs.

Research on gangs has concluded that definition of a gang member has two aspects. Which is one of these?

According to Curry and Decker, gangs have core members and fringe members.

The most common offense committed by these types of gangs is the extortion of Asian businesses and wealthy Asians.

A gang is a _____ group whereby the gang comes first in how members identify themselves and is a relationship that supersedes nearly all others.

Which gang was connected to the Black Panthers political party of the 1960s?