LLCU 213 - ORGANIZED CRIME TEST 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (2)
Question:
Why is Canada the perfect country for organized crime?
Answer:
- 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
Question:
3 things that are important for gangs to have?`
Answer:
-power
-communication
-connnections
Question:
Why is it that the more money you have the more power
you have?
Answer:
- money can buy you assets, people --> hence having more access (ex. insiders on
the police force) and more connections
- violence has economic value
Question:
Why is it called 'organized' crime?
Answer:
- The groups and activities are 'systematically' organized
- organized crime is NOT crime that is organized
- has a hierarchical system, levels of ranks
Question:
Conventional crime vs organized crime
Answer:
- 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'
Question:
Extinction vs Perpetuity
Answer:
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)
Question:
Respect is received based on what?
Answer:
- character
- past actions
Question:
2 benificial points on reputation
Answer:
- 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)
Question:
What is the importance of a name?
Answer:
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
Question:
What are 8 characteristics of 'organized crime'?
Answer:
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)
Question:
What is the legal definition of organized crime?
Answer:
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.
Question:
Anomie Theory
Answer:
The strain between societal expectations for success, and limited opportunities,
causes people to innovate in the form of organized crime.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (2)
Question:
Why is Canada the perfect country for organized crime?
Answer:
- 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
Question:
3 things that are important for gangs to have?`
Answer:
-power
-communication
-connnections
Question:
Why is it that the more money you have the more power
you have?
Answer:
- money can buy you assets, people --> hence having more access (ex. insiders on
the police force) and more connections
- violence has economic value
Question:
Why is it called 'organized' crime?
Answer:
- The groups and activities are 'systematically' organized
- organized crime is NOT crime that is organized
- has a hierarchical system, levels of ranks
Question:
Conventional crime vs organized crime
Answer:
- 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'
Question:
Extinction vs Perpetuity
Answer:
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)
Question:
Respect is received based on what?
Answer:
- character
- past actions
Question:
2 benificial points on reputation
Answer:
- 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)
Question:
What is the importance of a name?
Answer:
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
Question:
What are 8 characteristics of 'organized crime'?
Answer:
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)
Question:
What is the legal definition of organized crime?
Answer:
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.
Question:
Anomie Theory
Answer:
The strain between societal expectations for success, and limited opportunities,
causes people to innovate in the form of organized crime.
