Deck 1: Introduction to Organized Crime

Question 1

ccording to the text, in a bureaucracy, positions are assigned on what basis?

A) physical appearance
B) competence
C) family ties
D) gender

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Organizational affiliation provides a form of ___________ by reputation, encouraging networking that facilitates cooperation between criminals that might not otherwise occur.

A) knowledge
B) veracity
C) credentialing
D) toughness

Answer 2

C

Question 3

redentials enable the possessor to engage in criminal activity knowing he will be supported by

A) the local police.
B) the criminal organization.
C) the federal government.
D) all of these.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

criminal network has places where participants congregate, "hangouts," places that welcome their patronage. According to the text, what are these called?

A) points of convergence
B) working class bars
C) elite night clubs
D) trade association

Question 5

n organized crime group has a vertical power structure with at least three permanent ranks. his statement describes which attribute of organized crime?

A) the ideological attribute
B) the hierarchical attribute
C) governed by explicit rules and regulations attribute
D) the monopolistic attribute

Question 6

hat is a key difference between organized crime and terrorism?

A) a willingness to use violence
B) political goals
C) the use of drugs for financial gain
D) none of these

Question 7

or an organized crime group, bureaucratic structure has some deficiencies. Which of the following is an example of such a deficiency?

A) compartmentalization
B) organizing street level members into cells
C) allowing street members to know only the members of their cell
D) responsibilities carried out in an impersonal manner

Question 8

riminal subcultures require a third party who can construct a "social bridge," between persons with complementary resources and interests. What is this person called?

A) parlayer
B) broker
C) remunerator
D) joiner

Question 9

he differences between terrorist organizations and OC groups rest on ___________.

A) means and ends
B) tactics
C) organizational structure
D) all of these

Question 10

n organized crime group dislikes competition. his statement describes which attribute of organized crime?

A) the violence attribute
B) the organizational attribute
C) the kinship attribute
D) the monopolistic attribute

Question 11

According to Abadinsky, which variable best distinguishes organized crime from conventional crime?

A) perpetuity
B) violence
C) economics
D) all of these

Question 12

hich of the following is an example of how deficiencies of bureaucratic structure can be offset in a criminal organization?

A) written rules and regulations.
B) communication from the top down the chain of command.
C) compartmentalization
D) extensive division of labor

Question 13

Recent changes in the global economy and in international political alignments have greatly ____________ the criminal underworld.

A) benefited
B) hampered
C) hindered
D) all of these

Question 14

redentialing by reputation _____________.

A) encourages networking.
B) facilitates cooperation between criminals.
C) promotes business relationships.
D) all of these.

Question 15

ureaucracies are _____________ organizations.

A) outdated
B) kinship-based
C) rational
D) geographically-restricted

Question 16

ccording to the text, a franchise provides

A) a sense of entitlement.
B) a rank assignment in the organization.
C) a guaranteed income.
D) all of these.

Question 17

Which of the following is not an attribute of organized crime?

A) has political goals
B) hierarchical
C) governed by explicit rules and regulations
D) monopolistic

Question 18

hich of the following is not a feature of bureaucracies?

A) a complicated hierarchy
B) extensive division of labor
C) equality of membership
D) extensive written rules and regulations

Question 19

hich of the following motivates traditional organized crime groups?

A) social doctrine
B) political beliefs
C) ideological concerns
D) none of these

Question 20

____________ is defined as terrorist acts carried out by groups directly or indirectly involved in cultivating, manufacturing, transporting, or distributing illegal drugs.

A) Prescripted-terrorism
B) Narcoterrorism
C) Cyberterrorism
D) Postal terrorism

Question 21

rganizational affiliation provides a form of _____________ by reputation, facilitating cooperation between criminals.

Question 22

olitical and economic problems can lead to a growing underground economy that habituates people to working outside the legal framework.

Question 23

n an organized crime group, violence is a readily available and routinely accepted resource.

Question 24

Members of organized crime view themselves as conventional members of society.

Question 25

here is a generally accepted definition of terrorism.

Question 26

errorists and organized criminals do not share any attributes.

Question 27

There is no generally accepted definition of organized crime.

Question 28

oth terrorist groups and criminal organizations use compartmentalization.

Question 29

hich of the following can serve to promote business relationships between criminals who do not enjoy a history of interaction?

A) franchising
B) structuring
C) credentialing
D) all of these

Question 30

iudad del Este (CDE), "City of the East," provides a microcosm of the nexus between organized crime and terrorism. Which of the following organized crime group(s) use(s) this Paraguayan city as a meeting place?

A) Colombian crime groups
B) Chinese Triads
C) yakuza
D) all of these

Question 31

he goals of an organized crime group are __________ and __________.

Question 32

oints of convergence are meeting places that provide opportunity for organized criminals to enhance their interests.

Question 33

hich of the following is true of today's criminal networks?

A) They are fluid, forming new alliances with other networks around the world.
B) They are fluid, but form new alliances only within their own country.
C) They are rigid, avoiding new alliances with other networks.
D) They are fluid, but form new alliances only with their own ethnic group.

Question 34

criminal network has points of ______________ where participants congregate.

Question 35

Organized crime is self-perpetuating.

Question 36

iudad del Este (CDE), "City of the East," is a center of operation for FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia).

Question 37

hich of the following intertwined with the rapid expansion of global markets, providing greater opportunity for transnational organized crime?

A) World War II
B) the collapse of the Soviet Union
C) the Gulf War
D) the 1960s democratizing of Latin America

Question 38

_______________ is a type of bureaucratic structure that organizes persons at the operational/street level into cells whose members know only the people in their same cell.

Question 39

he collapse of the ____________ was a pivotal event that intertwined with the rapid expansion of global markets.

Question 40

hich of the following is/are an element of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime?

A) a structured group of three or more persons
B) existing for a period of time
C) acting in concert
D) all of these

Question 41

ow is terrorism different from organized crime? Provide examples to support your answer.

Question 42

n a criminal network, the "third person" who serves as a "social bridge" is called a _______________.

Question 43

tate the attributes of a bureaucracy and discuss how a criminal organization may find it necessary to adopt some or all of those attributes.

Question 44

nlike organized crime, terrorism is inherently ________________.

Question 45

hat is the importance, for members of a crime group, of points of convergence?

Question 46

n a bureaucracy, positions are assigned on the basis of _______________.

Question 47

tate three attributes of a bureaucracy that can be problematic for an organized crime group and discuss how those attributes might cause problems.

Question 48

hat are the features of a criminal network?

Question 49

iscuss the relationship between terrorism and organized crime.

Question 50

tate the eight attributes of organized crime and describe each.

Question 51

n what ways have transnational criminal organizations taken advantage of our increasingly interconnected world to expand their illicit enterprises?

Question 52

hat is the role of a broker in organized crime?

Question 53

bureaucracy has an extensive division of ________________.

Question 54

he ________________ Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime states that an "organized criminal group shall mean a structured group of three or more persons, existing for a period of time and acting in concert with the aim of committing one or more serious crimes or offenses established in accordance with this Convention, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other benefit."

Question 55

xplain how globalization has affected organized crime.