Deck 1: What Is a Gang and How Many Are There

Question 1

What location of gang activity fluctuates the most according to the text?

A) On the streets
B) Prisons and Jails
C) Schools
D) Rural

Answer 1

C

Question 2

If the criminal or victim has a gang affiliation, then the crime is considered to be?

A) Gang related
B) Gang motivated
C) Member based
D) Gang directed

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The dominant law-enforcement perspective is that gangs are essentially criminal conspiracies with:

A) A large membership
B) A few hard-core members
C) A violent objective
D) A large percentage of minorities

Answer 3

B

Question 4

CRASH was a specialized gang unit created in the 1970's by:

A) The Chicago Police Department
B) The New York Police Department
C) The Los Angeles Police Department
D) The Dallas Police Department.

Question 5

Which is not an element of a youth gang as defined by Huff?

A) Frequently involved in illegal activity
B) Interact with one another
C) Are extremely violent in nature
D) Associate themselves with a name

Question 6

The main difference between a youth gang and an organized crime group as defined by Huff is:

A) A better defined leadership
B) Frequently involved in illegal activity
C) Interact frequently with each other
D) Are made of adults

Question 7

From 1996-2008 there has been a _________ in the number of gang members?

A) Increase
B) Decrease
C) Significant increase
D) Sharp decline

Question 8

According to recent studies, what area of the United States has experienced the largest gang migration?

A) Northern
B) Southern
C) Eastern
D) Western

Question 9

Which is not a descriptor of gang activity as defined by the text?

A) Vice related activity
B) Representation
C) Retaliation
D) Recruitment
E) All are descriptors

Question 10

The terms "unsupervised peer groups" is another term for:

A) Troublesome youth groups
B) Traditional youth gang
C) Street gang
D) Posse

Question 11

The National Gang Center collects data on gangs in the United States. From where does the center get the data?

A) School Districts
B) Court records
C) Police department
D) Self-report surveys

Question 12

Gangs can be found:

A) In prisons
B) In schools
C) In cities
D) All are locations of gangs

Question 13

Defacing of gang graffiti and passing through a designated gang territory, frequently a favorite hangout of a particular gang would be an example of which descriptor?

A) Recruitment
B) Vice-Related
C) Turf-Violations
D) Retaliation

Question 14

The movement of gangs from one city to another is called:

A) Migration
B) Proliferation
C) Expansion
D) Enlistment

Question 15

The largest reason for the growth of gangs according to the text is:

A) Community social conditions
B) Lack of enforcing minor juvenile laws
C) Communities denying the gang problem
D) Lack of after school activities for youths

Question 16

"A group or collectivity of persons engaged in significant illegitimate or criminal activities, mainly threatening and violent" is the definition of:

A) Traditional youth gang
B) Street gang
C) Posse
D) Criminal organization

Question 17

According to the National Gang Center, which is not an element of a gang?

A) Aged 12-24
B) Identity to name/color/symbol
C) Some organization
D) Involved in criminal activity
E) All are elements of a gang

Question 18

Which is not a stereotype of a gang member according to the text?

A) Are mostly males
B) Mostly minorities
C) Are mostly located in the inner-city
D) All are stereotypes

Question 19

What percentage of youth report being affiliated with a gang according to a self-report survey?

A) 5-10%
B) 10-15%
C) 15-18%
D) 19-20%

Question 20

A person who portrays themselves as a gang member when they are not officially affiliated with a gang is called:

A) A wannabe
B) A false banger
C) A poser
D) A fugasi

Question 21

In 2008 there were an estimated 27,900 gangs and approximately 774,000 gang members.

Question 22

Describe the term "Gang Migration"

Question 23

Gangs can be found in all cities with populations of 300,000 or more.

Question 24

Most gang members spend the bulk of their time simply hanging out or engaging in other non-delinquent activities.

Question 25

The _______ ________ _________ collects and disseminates data about gangs in the United States.

Question 26

Organized crime is not considered a gang.

Question 27

The percentage of youths who self-report being in a gang or engaging in gang-related behavior has not changed significantly during the past two decades. Typically, no more than 10 to 15% of all youths report being in a gang.

Question 28

A group or collectivity of persons engaged in significant illegitimate or criminal activities, mainly threatening and violent is a _________.

Question 29

The movement of gangs form one city to another is called ____________________.

Question 30

There is no one single definition of a gang.

Question 31

Identify the Chicago 10 descriptors of a gang and explain each.

Question 32

Gang members are all hard-core members.

Question 33

Gang activity inside schools fluctuates quite a bit.

Question 34

_____________ signifies the increase in the number of communities in the nation reporting that they have gang problems.

Question 35

Part of the problem in arriving at a consensus definition of gang and gang-related crime is that we are dealing with widely accepted stereotypes of gangs.

Question 36

Describe the difference between a street gang, a youth gang and delinquent group

Question 37

A ________ _______ is far less organized than a gang.

Question 38

Determining what exactly what is a gang related offense can be difficult.

Question 39

According to Huff (1993) there are several distinctions between a youth gang and a organized crime group; explain the differences.