LLCU 213 - ORGANIZED CRIME TEST 1 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Why is Canada the perfect country for organized crime? - Answers - - It is a safe place
for money laundering and investing
- professionals don't have to report suspicious activity in Canada
- serves as an easy passageway to NY
_______ attracts ________ - Answers - Violence, Attention
3 things that are important for gangs to have?` - Answers - -power
-communication
-connnections
Why is it that the more money you have the more power you have? - Answers - - money
can buy you assets, people --> hence having more access (ex. insiders on the police
force) and more connections
- violence has economic value
Why is it called 'organized' crime? - Answers - - The groups and activities are
'systematically' organized
- organized crime is NOT crime that is organized
- has a hierarchical system, levels of ranks
Conventional crime vs organized crime - Answers - - conventional crime is the
traditional, illegal behaviour one thinks of as crime (most crime is conventional). Has
'Extinction'
- organized crime is merely a systematically organized group engaging in illegal and
legal activities for the specific purpose of securing profit and power. Has 'Perpetuity'
Extinction vs Perpetuity - Answers - Extinction: one becomes extinct after defeat (James
Gang -ended with Jesse Jame's death (1882))
Perpetuity: one carries on even after defeat (Luciano's organization still carrying on after
the leader was murdered, still a powerful organization in the USA today)
Respect is received based on what? - Answers - - character
- past actions
2 benificial points on reputation - Answers - - criminals who are part of recognizable
organizations are in a position to negotiate transactions
- criminals benefit from bad reputation (through media, spreads terror and therefore
power)
, Why do organized crime groups use bonding rituals? - Answers - It creates a sense of
belonging (to the brotherhood)
What is the importance of a name? - Answers - A name creates a sense of belonging,
and also makes the gang recognizable. Without a name, gangs would be perceived as
just a group of hooligangs
Why are myths important? - Answers - Myths that are believed in usually tend to
become real
What are 8 characteristics of 'organized crime'? - Answers - 1. They have no political
goals
2. Hierarchical (vertical power structure)
3. Membership (limited or exclusive)
4. Subculture (underworld - not subject to rules of conventional society)
5. Perpetuation (ongoing beyond life of current membership)
6. Violence (willingness to use illegal violence)
7. Monopolistic (exclusive control over territory and industry)
8. Rules (rules and regulations - they have a code to follow)
What are the goals of an organized crime group? - Answers - to make money and gain
power
What is the legal definition of organized crime? - Answers - A systemically organized
group of 3+ members that has existed for a period of time before crime is committed,
working together or in co-ordination, whose main purposes is the facilitation of offences
that result in material/financial benefit.
Anomie Theory - Answers - The strain between societal expectations for success, and
limited opportunities, causes people to innovate in the form of organized crime.
What is pathological materialism? - Answers - The preoccupation with economic
success, with emphasis on the goal of success rather than the means by which the
success is achieved
What is the Different Association Theory? - Answers - - All behaviour (lawful + criminal)
is learned through interaction with intimate personal groups
- What is learned is through the intensity, frequency, and duration of the association
How does one become a criminal? - Answers - Usually in association with the wrong
people
What is subculture? - Answers - - Sense of value in organized crime
- Members obey without asking questions
- "Underworld"
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Why is Canada the perfect country for organized crime? - Answers - - It is a safe place
for money laundering and investing
- professionals don't have to report suspicious activity in Canada
- serves as an easy passageway to NY
_______ attracts ________ - Answers - Violence, Attention
3 things that are important for gangs to have?` - Answers - -power
-communication
-connnections
Why is it that the more money you have the more power you have? - Answers - - money
can buy you assets, people --> hence having more access (ex. insiders on the police
force) and more connections
- violence has economic value
Why is it called 'organized' crime? - Answers - - The groups and activities are
'systematically' organized
- organized crime is NOT crime that is organized
- has a hierarchical system, levels of ranks
Conventional crime vs organized crime - Answers - - conventional crime is the
traditional, illegal behaviour one thinks of as crime (most crime is conventional). Has
'Extinction'
- organized crime is merely a systematically organized group engaging in illegal and
legal activities for the specific purpose of securing profit and power. Has 'Perpetuity'
Extinction vs Perpetuity - Answers - Extinction: one becomes extinct after defeat (James
Gang -ended with Jesse Jame's death (1882))
Perpetuity: one carries on even after defeat (Luciano's organization still carrying on after
the leader was murdered, still a powerful organization in the USA today)
Respect is received based on what? - Answers - - character
- past actions
2 benificial points on reputation - Answers - - criminals who are part of recognizable
organizations are in a position to negotiate transactions
- criminals benefit from bad reputation (through media, spreads terror and therefore
power)
, Why do organized crime groups use bonding rituals? - Answers - It creates a sense of
belonging (to the brotherhood)
What is the importance of a name? - Answers - A name creates a sense of belonging,
and also makes the gang recognizable. Without a name, gangs would be perceived as
just a group of hooligangs
Why are myths important? - Answers - Myths that are believed in usually tend to
become real
What are 8 characteristics of 'organized crime'? - Answers - 1. They have no political
goals
2. Hierarchical (vertical power structure)
3. Membership (limited or exclusive)
4. Subculture (underworld - not subject to rules of conventional society)
5. Perpetuation (ongoing beyond life of current membership)
6. Violence (willingness to use illegal violence)
7. Monopolistic (exclusive control over territory and industry)
8. Rules (rules and regulations - they have a code to follow)
What are the goals of an organized crime group? - Answers - to make money and gain
power
What is the legal definition of organized crime? - Answers - A systemically organized
group of 3+ members that has existed for a period of time before crime is committed,
working together or in co-ordination, whose main purposes is the facilitation of offences
that result in material/financial benefit.
Anomie Theory - Answers - The strain between societal expectations for success, and
limited opportunities, causes people to innovate in the form of organized crime.
What is pathological materialism? - Answers - The preoccupation with economic
success, with emphasis on the goal of success rather than the means by which the
success is achieved
What is the Different Association Theory? - Answers - - All behaviour (lawful + criminal)
is learned through interaction with intimate personal groups
- What is learned is through the intensity, frequency, and duration of the association
How does one become a criminal? - Answers - Usually in association with the wrong
people
What is subculture? - Answers - - Sense of value in organized crime
- Members obey without asking questions
- "Underworld"
