Deck 4: Juvenile Gangs

Question 1

Most gang homicides appear to be the result of drug market conflicts.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Turf wars rarely result in gang homicides.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Neighborhood mobilization evolved in the 1920s as a response to youth gangs.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Prosecutors usually use vertical prosecution to focus on serious gang offenders.

Question 5

Generally females join gangs at a younger age and leave at a younger age than do males.

Question 6

In recent years, there appears to have been an increase in multiracial gangs that tend to be based in poor communities.

Question 7

The social and economic approach to controlling gangs is the most widely used program today.

Question 8

The present day African?American gangs started in the _____.

Question 9

Most gang members are also good students.

Question 10

Anti?gang programs may include parent education classes.

Question 11

Trafficking in drugs is more characteristic of African?American gangs than Hispanic gangs.

Question 12

Asian gangs are easier to identify because of their particular dress code.

Question 13

The suppression and incarceration approach to controlling gangs is not widely used today.

Question 14

The _____ gangs stress loyalty to the gang and will often do newsworthy acts such as drive?by shootings to demonstrate their loyalty.

Question 15

The opportunities for leaving the gang for legitimate life?styles seems more available to Hispanic youths than to African?American youths.

Question 16

Frederick _____ conducted a classic study of 1,313 juvenile gangs in Chicago in the 1920s.

Question 17

The early ____ gangs were the Gladiators, Slausons, and Pythons.

Question 18

Youth gangs started on the ____ Coast.

Question 19

Juvenile gangs are a recent problem in America.

Question 20

The two prominent Hispanic gangs are the Crips and the Bloods.

Question 21

Explain the differences between emerging and chronic gang problems.

Question 22

What did Thrasher conclude as the result of his famous study?

Question 23

The African?American gangs that normally carry a red rag and wear articles of clothing that are red are the:

A) Crips
B) Farmboys
C) Pirus
D) Bloods
E) c and d are correct

Question 24

Which below listed gangs are typically a drug?abusing and racially motivated gang that is also frequently involved in satanic worship?

A) Asian gangs
B) Multiracial gangs
C) African American gangs
D) White Supremist gangs
E) Hispanic gangs

Question 25

Which of the below listed gangs tend to be territorial turf? and neighborhood?based street families?

A) Asian gangs
B) Multiracial gangs
C) African American gangs
D) White Supremist gangs
E) Hispanic gangs

Question 26

Describe how the Crips started.

Question 27

Describe the general structure of gangs.

Question 28

According to the OJJDP research report, what are the differences between the emerging and chronic gang problems?

A) The emergence of gang problems is indicated by youth congregating at certain locations.
B) There is a general absence of distinctive features in emerging situations.
C) Both of the above are correct.
D) None of the above are correct.

Question 29

Frederich Thrasher as the result of his famous study of gangs made the following conclusions:

A) Gangs are tight federations of individuals boys.
B) There is a lot of consensus and slow changing leadership in gangs.
C) Most gangs are really cliques.
D) All of the above are correct.
E) None of the above are correct.

Question 30

According to the OJJDP research report, gang structure is considered as:

A) closely organized
B) loosely organized
C) more structured than other delinquent groups
D) a and c are correct
E) b and c are correct

Question 31

Which of the below listed gangs tend to be neighborhood?based in poor communities.

A) Asian gangs
B) Multiracial gangs
C) African American gangs
D) White Supremist gangs
E) Hispanic gangs