Test Bank all Chapters

American Street Gangs, 2e Tim Delaney

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Chapter 1

• According to Charles Cooley, which of the following is a

characteristic of a primary group?

• intimacy
• face-to-face communication
• mutual cooperation

*d. All of the above

• In 2009, there was an estimated _____ juvenile arrests .

• 1.1 million

*b. 1.9 million

• 2.9 million
• 3.9 million

• Which of the following categories of juvenile crime is the most

common?

• burglary

*b. larceny-theft

• motor vehicle theft
• arson

• Hull House, a community -based private agency established in Chicago

by _____ in 1889, provided immigrant children a place to go after school while their parents worked, keeping them off the streets and out of trouble.

• Charles Cooley
• Charles Hull
• John Adams

*d. Jane Addams

• Criminal _____ refers specifically to gang -based crime.

*a. gang activity

• gang-related crime
• delinquent behavior
• spontaneous behavior

• The term _____ is applied if either the criminal or the victim is a

gang member.

• gang activity

*b. gang-related crime

• delinquent gang crime
• spontaneous criminal activity 2 / 4

• The Crips street gang identifies primarily with the color ______.

• red
• orange
• purple

*d. blue

• The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) clothing is p opular with

the _____.

*a. Vice Lords

• Latin Kings
• Vice Kings
• Florencia 55

• Data analysis of reporting law enforcement agencies indicate that

roughly _____ percent of all gang members are youths.

• 20

*b. 40

• 60
• 80

• West Side Story is a tale of two street gangs, the ______.

• Bloods and Crips
• Jets and Giants
• Jets and Gutter Cats

*d. Jets and Sharks

• Through its National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported th at in 2011 that there was approximately _____ gang members in the United States.

• 500,000
• 750,000
• 1 million

*d. 1.14 million

• Through its National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that i n 2011 that there were approximately _____ street gangs in the United States.

• 20,000
• 25,000

*c. 30,000

• 35,000 3 / 4

13. Ralph "Sonny" Barger started the:

*a. Hell's Angels

• Vagos
• Sons of Silence
• MS-13

• The _____ OMG is based o ut of San Bernardino County (California),

the largest county in the United States, filled with hundreds of acres of empty desert.

• Hell's Angels
• Pagans

*c. Vagos

• Sons of Silence

• The FBI estimates that in 2011, there were approximately _ ____ OMGs

operating in the United States.

• 1,000
• 2,000

*c. 3,000

• 4,000

• The FBI estimates that in 2011, OMGs had a total membership of

approximately _____.

• 34,000

*b. 44,000

• 54,000
• 64,000

• When the collective membersh ip of street gangs and OMGs are divided

by geographic region, we learn that the largest number of gang members reside in the _____.

• North Central
• Northeast
• Southeast

*d. West

• Which of the following is considered the first prison gangs?

*a. Gypsy Jokers

• La Eme
• Neta
• Texas Syndicate
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