CRJ 435 MIDTERM EXAM 3 Q&A

CRJ 435 MIDTERM EXAM 3 Q&A Course Drugs, Gangs and Organized Cri Test Midterm Exam: Chapters 1 - 5 (150 pts) Started 11/9/15 12:43 AM Submitted 11/9/15 2:34 AM Status 38/50 Attempt Score Time Elapsed Instruction s 76%. 1 hour, 50 minutes out of 2 hours. • Question 1 3 out of 3 points CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. In which of the following regions are the presence of transnational gangs NOT pronounced? Answer Selected Answer: Northe ast Correct Answer: Northe ast • Question 2 0 out of 3 points In Los Angeles, gangs have seemed to attracted the most attention among Asian gangs for their unique structure and activity. Answer Selected Answer: Chinese Correct Answer: Vietnam ese Response Feedback: Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: Pg. 12; Question Type: MC • Question 3 3 out of 3 points CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. In what Southern cities did gang-related homicides make up 20% of all homicides between 1996 and 2009? Answer Selected Answers: Houst on Atlant a Correct Answers: Houst on Atlant a • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is NOT an example of institutional inequality, such as was experienced by Blacks moving to Los Angeles from the South in the 1920s? Answer Selected Answer: Sentencing disparities Correct Answer: Sentencing disparities • Question 5 3 out of 3 points Treating gang members as family members in Mexican American gang members is an example of extending barrio boundaries. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Fals e Fals e • Question 6 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is NOT an example of “defensive loyalism”? Answer Selected Answer: Gang initiation Correct Answer: Gang initiation • Question 7 3 out of 3 points implies that gang members have different standards of conduct than non-gang members, which are often displayed during “cycles of violence.” Answer Selected Answer: The code of the streets Correct Answer: The code of the streets • Question 8 Which of the following is NOT an example of a “threat to law 3 out of 3 points enforcement” as delineated by the Texas Fusion Center’s assessment matrix of prison gang threat? Answer Selected Answer: Impersonating an officer Correct Answer: Impersonating an officer • Question 9 3 out of 3 points The was responsible for most drastically increasing the number and diversity of new immigrants entering the United States since the 19th century. Answer Selected Answer: Immigration and Naturalization Act Learning objective: N/A Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Pg. 14 Question Type: MC Correct Answer: Immigration and Naturalization Act Learning objective: N/A Cognitive Domain: Comprehension Answer Location: Pg. 14 Question Type: MC • Question 10 3 out of 3 points Of the 19% of inmates classified as gang members in a 2009 Directors of Security survey, the proportion of inmates who were part of a gang before coming to prison was the proportion of those who joined gangs after entering prison. Answer Selected Answer: equal to Correct Answer: equal to • Question 11 3 out of 3 points Broadcast media and gang members themselves are the primary sources of myths about gangs. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Tru e Tru e • Question 12 Street gang members are most likely to be involved in the drug market via their involvement in street sales. Answer 3 out of 3 points Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Fals e Fals e • Question 13 3 out of 3 points Law enforcement agencies are not prone to promote myths about gangs. Answer Selected Answer: Fals e Correct Answer: Fals e • Question 14 The popular media implies that gangs and gang members are ethnically and racially diverse. Answer 3 out of 3 points Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Fals e Fals e • Question 15 0 out of 3 points All of the following are components of “gang-related” crime except: Answer Selected Answer: It is more general a measure than “gang- motivated” crime. Correct Answer: It refers to crimes committed on behalf of a gang. Response Feedback: Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: Pg. 16; Question Type: MC • Question 16 3 out of 3 points The bulk of drug-related gang violence is due to fighting over market control of the drug market. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Fals e Fals e • Question 17 3 out of 3 points It is implied that largely responsible for spreading the myth that MR-13 and 18th Street presence are growing throughout the country. Answer Selected Answer: the FBI is Correct Answer: the FBI is • Question 18 “Fallacy” is a synonym for “myth.” Answer 0 out of 3 points Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Tru e Fals e Response Feedback: Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Pg. 23; Question Type: TF • Question 19 Curry, Decker, and Egely (2002) found that, among youth who 3 out of 3 points reported never having been in a gang, had reported engaging in gang-related behavior. Answer Selected Answer: about half Correct Answer: about half • Question 20 0 out of 3 points CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY: The authors use the term “myths” rather than “fallacy” to describe beliefs about gangs because… Answer Selected Answers: They are synonyms, and either term is acceptable, but “myths” was chosen to keep the language consistent. It is more inclusive. Correct Answers: It is more inclusive. There are exceptions to each gang myth. Response Feedback: Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Pg. 23; Question Type: MR • Question 21 3 out of 3 points The proportion of boys in gangs is the proportion of girls in gangs. Answer Selected Answer: two times Correct Answer: two times • Question 22 3 out of 3 points Challenges to the Eurogang Network definition of “gangs” are based around the broadness of the definition and the related issue of having large segments of the youth population defined as members of a negatively connoted group. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Tru e Tru e • Question 23 0 out of 3 points The federal law’s definition of gangs includes the three aspects of gang definitions most frequently specified by other governments and researchers. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Tru e Fals e Response Feedback: Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Pg. 58; Answer: False; Question Type: TF • Question 24 Which of the following is an example of an “ideological” type of graffiti? Answer 3 out of 3 points Selected Answer: They mimic or imitate the signs and symbols of larger gangs to seem more menacing. Correct Answer: They mimic or imitate the signs and symbols of larger gangs to seem more menacing. • Question 25 0 out of 3 points The name “cholo” implies that Mexican American youth felt in the context of developing a subculture. Answer Selected Answer: cool Correct Answer: alon e Response Feedback: Learning objective: N/A; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer location: Pg. 52; Question Type: MC • Question 26