Deck 6: Drugs and Crime

Question 1

Animal studies have shown that although alcohol tends to reduce levels of testosterone in some animals, in those with high testosterone levels it promotes aggression at greater levels.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The demand for price discounts or free admission to places of entertainment regardless of any connection with official police work is referred to as:

A)mooching
B)gifting
C)soliciting
D)chiseling

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The common practice of holding "street court" by which minor traffic tickets can be avoided with a cash payment to the officer and no receipt given is known as:

A)Terry Stop and Frisk
B)chiseling
C)shakedown
D)selective enforcement

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Three countries produce 95 percent of the opium poppy and heroin-these include Afghanistan, Myanmar and:

A)the United States
B)China
C)Laos
D)India

Question 5

Who was the star witness of the Knapp Commission?

A)Keith Bell
B)Frank Serpico
C)Philip Knapp
D)Gregory Mullen

Question 6

Who among the following is NOT a founder of the Medellín Cartel?

A)Carlos Lehder
B)Pablo Escobar
C)José ""Pipino"" Cuevas
D)the Ochoa Brothers

Question 7

According to Lawrence Sherman, which of the following represents Type II police corruption?

A)pervasive unorganized corruption
B)rotten pockets and rotten apples
C)pervasive organized corruption
D)pervasive displaced corruption

Question 8

This form of police corruption includes police officers who participate in serious criminal activity using their positions of power and influence to commit the criminal acts they are entrusted to enforce.

A)active criminality
B)internal corruption
C)external corruption
D)selective corruption

Question 9

It is estimated that most siezed drug currency leaving the United States is destined for drug organizations in:

A)Mexico
B)Columbia
C)Peru
D)the Falkland Islands

Question 10

What is the casa de cambio?

A)a crooked police chief bought off by drug cartels
B)a currency exchange
C)a courier service for drug kingpins
D)the most famous Mexican drug trafficker, known as the ""house champ,"" because of his lucrative lifestyle and purchase of more than 200 villas during his lifetime

Question 11

During the Knapp Commission, what term was used to describe the amount of money an officer received as a gambling payoff?

A)a fix
B)a take
C)a tap
D)a nut

Question 12

These individuals arrange for the movement of currency to a site designated for laundering, where the cash is converted to another method of payment, such as money orders.

A)couriers
B)business professionals
C)exchange consultants
D)casa de cambios

Question 13

This stage of money laundering involves the separation of proceeds from the illegal source through the use of complex transactions designed to obscure the audit trail and hide the proceeds.

A)profiting
B)placement
C)layering
D)integration

Question 14

This act empowers the United States government to compel other countries to maintain certain records similar to those used under the Bank Secrecy Act.

A)Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act
B)Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act
C)Harrison Narcotics Act
D)Laundering of Money and Information Act (LMI)

Question 15

Laundering drug proceeds for Mexican crime syndicates is commonly accomplished by relatively simple and direct means; that is, through:

A)the purchase of gold
B)the shipment of currency back to Mexico
C)criminal gangs in the United States
D)legal means, such as casinos or night clubs

Question 16

According to Lawrence Sherman, a Type I police department consists of a few scattered corrupt police officers using their position for personal gain; these officers are known as:

A)rotten apples
B)selective criminals
C)bad seeds
D)rotten cores

Question 17

When rookie officers are advised to forget all they have learned in the academy and conduct themselves by "the rules of the street," what process is taking place?

A)police socialization
B)prisonization
C)selective enforcement
D)active criminality

Question 18

This type of police corruption includes acts among police officers themselves and involves behaviors ranging from bending rules to outright commission of illegal acts.

A)internal
B)external
C)active
D)selection

Question 19

Approximately half of all police officers convicted as a result of FBI-led corruption cases between 1993 and 1997 were convicted for which offense?

A)sex-related crimes
B)loan sharking
C)drug-related crimes
D)racial profiling

Question 20

All coca and cocaine are produced in only four countries: Colombia, Peru, the United States, and Indonesia.

Question 21

Because of the high demand for cocaine worldwide, the cocaine trade has been decimated by too few workers and these workers demanding high pay.

Question 22

After spending billions of taxpayer dollars on law enforcement efforts and arresting millions of drug offenders, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available than ever.

Question 23

Recent studies show that 20 percent of the police officers in a local police department used marijuana and nonprescription drugs while on duty.

Question 24

The Knapp Commission was unable to identify evidence of corruption on the part of officers above the rank of lieutenant, although much circumstantial evidence supported this assertion.

Question 25

Money laundering is the process that drug traffickers use to introduce the monetary proceeds gained through the sale or distribution of controlled substances into the legitimate financial market.

Question 26

The Black Market Peso Exchange, while effective in Columbia, is still considered one of the small players in the area of money laundering.

Question 27

While police corruption and human trafficking groups rely heavily on laundering, currency smuggling is not a vital part of the drug trade.

Question 28

The United States government passed the first money-laundering laws and suspicious transaction reporting requirements in the early 1970s.

Question 29

Drug-related criminality is diverse and complex, and involves several factors that explain it. According to the text, which term best relates to individual behavior development from childhood through adulthood?

A)macrosocial
B)psychosocial
C)microsocial
D)neurobiological

Question 30

The Rampart scandal, which uncovered police corruption on a massive scale and caused more than 100 convictions to be overturned, occurred in:

A)Los Angeles, CA
B)Charleston, SC
C)New Orleans, LA
D)Pittsburgh, PA

Question 31

Which of the following federal law enforcement agencies has had an agent arrested for drug-related corruption?

A)DEA
B)FBI
C)ATF
D)all of the above

Question 32

As far back as the 1930s, this commission declared that in nearly all large cities there existed an alliance between criminals and politicians.

A)Rose
B)Wickersham
C)President's Commission on Crime Control
D)Nearbottom

Question 33

According to the text, which is an accurate portrait of police corruption in America?

A)It is pervasive in most major American cities.
B)It occurs primarily in large Eastern cities.
C)It is pervasive in large cities on the east and west coasts, but is not a problem in the Midwest or South.
D)It occurs in small towns more than in midsize cities.

Question 34

According to the text, available empirical evidence suggests that users of which drug commit crimes more frequently than other population groups?

A)heroin
B)marijuana
C)PCP
D)amphetamines

Question 35

Highlighted by testimony of star witness and police officer Michael Dowd, this commission found evidence once again of rampant corruption in New York City in 1993.

A)Knapp Commission
B)Kruse Commission
C)Burton Commission
D)Mollen Commission