Deck 8: Security Threat Groups and Prison Gangs

Question 1

A ________ is a criminal organization that originated within the penal system and operates within correctional facilities throughout the United States.

A) political prisoner
B) bad news list
C) security threat group
D) domestic terrorist group

Answer 1

security threat group

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a security threat group?

A) A prison gang
B) Armed corrections staff
C) Prison psychologists responsible for inmate evaluation
D) Juvenile offenders vulnerable to assault

Answer 2

A prison gang

Question 3

________ are organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises.

A) Street gangs
B) Prison gangs
C) OMGs
D) Neighborhood gangs

Answer 3

OMGs

Question 4

The primary purpose of many neighborhood gangs is

A) producing and selling pornographic materials.
B) selling and distributing drugs.
C) violence.
D) organizing prostitution rings.

Question 5

One way gang members learn the operation of high-powered firearms and communication devices, as well as combat techniques is

A) by joining the military.
B) by working in law enforcement.
C) from other inmates in prison.
D) from corrupt correctional officers.

Question 6

During the 1980s, inmates assumed the role of liberators of the oppressed and claimed that they were

A) unjustly incarcerated.
B) political prisoners.
C) one percenter OMGs.
D) domestic terrorist groups.

Question 7

The War on Drugs led to an increase in the number of what category of inmates?

A) Mentally ill inmates
B) Serious violent offenders
C) Street gang members
D) Elderly inmates

Question 8

A secure housing unit generally is used to house

A) lower-level street gang members.
B) gang lieutenants.
C) juvenile gang members.
D) gang leaders.

Question 9

In addition to the financial rewards, correctional officers may engage in corrupt acts such as drug smuggling because

A) they disagree with the rules prohibiting drug use in prison.
B) it is a way to protect themselves from powerful institutional threat groups.
C) they have been inducted into an STG and support its goals and aims.
D) they disagree with the way the prison administration deals with STG members.

Question 10

Many, but not all, gangs are ________ oriented.

A) economically
B) politically
C) ideologically
D) racially or ethnically

Question 11

Which of the following is not a Hispanic STG?

A) La Eme
B) The Folk Nation
C) The Nñtas
D) The Texas Syndicate

Question 12

Which of the following is a Caucasian STG?

A) The Aryan Brotherhood
B) The Crips
C) The Bloods
D) The Texas Syndicate

Question 13

The criminal activities of STGs are intended to

A) ensure members' loyalty while behind bars.
B) ensure the gang's status.
C) generate cash and assets.
D) give gang members something to do while in prison.

Question 14

________ includes any law enforcement practice designed to confront and stop the activities of members of an STG within a correctional facility

A) Interdiction
B) Shot calling
C) Step-downing
D) Classification

Question 15

Which of the following is not a function of an institutional gang investigator?

A) Gathering information on institutional STGs
B) Developing programming to prevent future gang involvement
C) Proposing action to neutralize potential disruptive behavior
D) Gathering information on STG members

Question 16

Inmates who want to leave a gang may be allowed to participate in a(n) ________ program.

A) classification
B) step-down
C) shot-caller
D) OMG

Question 17

A shot caller is

A) a member of a domestic terrorist group.
B) a white supremacist gang member.
C) a major gang leader.
D) a corrupt correctional officer.

Question 18

Prison gangs are now known as security threat groups.

Question 19

The One-Percenter OMG is a local street gang.

Question 20

Gang members encourage family members to work in the criminal justice system as a way to gather information.

Question 21

Secure housing units are used to isolate gang leaders from the general prison population.

Question 22

Correctional officers may engage in corruption to protect themselves and their families from gang violence.

Question 23

It is difficult to identify a gang member within a correctional facility.

Question 24

The Texas Syndicate is an African American STG.

Question 25

STGs have been described as domestic terrorist groups.

Question 26

The criminal activities of STGs within prison tend to be limited to non-violent acts.

Question 27

Interdiction can lead to gang suppression and inmate segregation.

Question 28

Weakening gang ties is an intelligence function.

Question 29

Interdiction efforts can reduce the level of threat and danger that STGs exert on correctional officers.

Question 30

Intelligence about gangs or individual gang members can be obtained from law enforcement as well as correctional departments.

Question 31

Inmates who are classified as gang members are automatically placed in step-down programs as a means of interdiction and control.

Question 32

________ are organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises.

Question 33

During the 1980s, many inmates described themselves as ________ prisoners.

Question 34

The War on ________ led to an increase in the number of gang members in correctional facilities.

Question 35

Secure housing units are used to isolate gang leaders through ________.

Question 36

Correctional staff who do not engage in corrupt acts to support STGs may be placed on the ________.

Question 37

La Eme and the Texas Syndicate are examples of major ________ STGs.

Question 38

________ functions include identifying and classifying gangs and gang members and weakening gang ties.

Question 39

________ practices are designed to stop the activities of STG members and the entry of contraband into a correctional facility.

Question 40

________ programs encourage inmates to earn release from a secure housing unit by discontinuing involvement with gang activities.

Question 41

Benjamin Davis is the founder and ________ caller of The 211 Crew.

Question 42

Match the type of gang with its definition .

-Neighborhood street gang

A) A gang that is confined to a specific jurisdiction and often imitates larger and more powerful national gangs
B) Criminal organizations formed on the street operating throughout the United States
C) Organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises
D) A group of motorcyclists who have made a commitment to band together and abide by group rules enforced by violence and who engage in activities that bring them repeatedly into serious conflict with society and the law
E) A security threat group

Question 43

Match the type of gang with its definition .

-Street gang

A) A gang that is confined to a specific jurisdiction and often imitates larger and more powerful national gangs
B) Criminal organizations formed on the street operating throughout the United States
C) Organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises
D) A group of motorcyclists who have made a commitment to band together and abide by group rules enforced by violence and who engage in activities that bring them repeatedly into serious conflict with society and the law
E) A security threat group

Question 44

Match the type of gang with its definition .

-OMG

A) A gang that is confined to a specific jurisdiction and often imitates larger and more powerful national gangs
B) Criminal organizations formed on the street operating throughout the United States
C) Organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises
D) A group of motorcyclists who have made a commitment to band together and abide by group rules enforced by violence and who engage in activities that bring them repeatedly into serious conflict with society and the law
E) A security threat group

Question 45

Match the type of gang with its definition .

-Prison gang

A) A gang that is confined to a specific jurisdiction and often imitates larger and more powerful national gangs
B) Criminal organizations formed on the street operating throughout the United States
C) Organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises
D) A group of motorcyclists who have made a commitment to band together and abide by group rules enforced by violence and who engage in activities that bring them repeatedly into serious conflict with society and the law
E) A security threat group

Question 46

Match the type of gang with its definition .

-One percenter OMG

A) A gang that is confined to a specific jurisdiction and often imitates larger and more powerful national gangs
B) Criminal organizations formed on the street operating throughout the United States
C) Organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises
D) A group of motorcyclists who have made a commitment to band together and abide by group rules enforced by violence and who engage in activities that bring them repeatedly into serious conflict with society and the law
E) A security threat group

Question 47

Match the gang with its racial/ethnic makeup .

-The Crips

A) Hispanic STG
B) Caucasian STG
C) African American STG

Question 48

Match the gang with its racial/ethnic makeup .

-La Eme

A) Hispanic STG
B) Caucasian STG
C) African American STG

Question 49

Match the gang with its racial/ethnic makeup .

-The Texas Syndicate

A) Hispanic STG
B) Caucasian STG
C) African American STG

Question 50

Match the gang with its racial/ethnic makeup .

-The Nazi Low Riders

A) Hispanic STG
B) Caucasian STG
C) African American STG

Question 51

Match the gang with its racial/ethnic makeup .

-The D.C. Blacks

A) Hispanic STG
B) Caucasian STG
C) African American STG

Question 52

Match the gang with its racial/ethnic makeup .

-The Aryan Brotherhood

A) Hispanic STG
B) Caucasian STG
C) African American STG

Question 53

How do security threat groups pose a danger to correctional officers and why do these officers become involved in correctional officer corruption as a result of this threat?

Question 54

What are some of the factors that correctional investigators look for when they focus on identifying gang members?

Question 55

What factors do correctional facilities use to determine whether or not an inmate is a gang member?

Question 56

Do you think secure housing units (SHUs) are a good way to reduce gang activity in prison as well as the influence of gang leaders on free-world gang members? Why or why not?

Question 57

Why do some investigators describe STGs as domestic terrorist groups? Do you think this is an appropriate description?