Comparative Criminal Justice Systems Pre-Test
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Comparative Criminal Justice Systems explores the structures, functions, and processes of criminal justice systems across different countries and cultures. The course examines how various nations address crime and justice, considering legal traditions, policing methods, judicial procedures, corrections, and the influence of social, economic, and political contexts. Students will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of different systems, emphasizing comparative perspectives to understand global responses to crime, transnational challenges, and the transfer of policies and practices between jurisdictions.
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Organized Crime 11th Edition by Howard Abadinsky
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Organized Crime
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Q1) Members of organized crime view themselves as conventional members of society.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to Abadinsky,which of the following motivates traditional organized crime groups?
A)social doctrine
B)political beliefs
C)ideological concerns
D)economic gain
Answer: D
Q3) Unlike organized crime,terrorism is inherently _____________.
Answer: political
Q4) Credentialing by reputation:
A)encourages networking.
B)facilitates cooperation between criminals.
C)promotes business relationships.
D)encourages networking,facilitates cooperation between criminals,and promotes business relationships.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Explanations for Organized Crime
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Q1) Central to the psychoanalytic explanation for crime is the _____________,a conscience-like mechanism whose function is to restrain the person from antisocial behavior.
Answer: superego
Q2) Recent biological theories of crime identify which of the following as playing a part in criminal behavior?
A)a criminal recessive gene
B)neurotransmitters
C)bone structure
D)country of origin
Answer: B
Q3) Persons with _____________ have a poorly developed superego-they are psychopaths or sociopaths-and are restrained only by the fear of punishment.
A)schizophrenia
B)depression
C)psychosis
D)antisocial personality disorder
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: United States
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Q1) Mafia bosses are linked in a rather informal arrangement known as the ________________.
Answer: commission
Q2) The Mafia was imported to America by ____________ immigrants who reproduced it in the cities in which they settled,as a ritual brotherhood consisting of loosely linked but otherwise independent and uncoordinated "families" organized into a hierarchy.
A)Spanish
B)Corsican
C)Sicilian
D)Nepalese
Answer: C
Q3) The Mexican Mafia originated in prisons in California.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The conflict that arose in 1930 between the two major Mafia factions in New York is known as the _____________.
Answer: Castellammarese War
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Chapter 4: Italy and Albania
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Q1) The cosca's rigid organization makes it an inflexible bureaucracy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A collection of some of the most ruthless Camorra clans in Naples are ruled by a woman.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which one of the following statements is false?
A)Mafia is a state of mind.
B)Mafia is no longer a threat.
C)Mafia originated in Sicily.
D)Mafia is a way of life.
Q4) Who did Benito Mussolini send to take down the Mafia?
A)Luciano Leggio
B)Prefect Cesare Mori
C)Vito Genovese
D)Giuseppe Garibaldi
Q5) Discuss the relationship between politics and the Mafia in Sicily.
Q6) The traditional Sicilian Mafia pursued _____________,not wealth.
Q7) What is the Albanian connection to Italian organized crime?
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Chapter 5: Colombia and Mexico
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Q1) Control of most of the world's cocaine industry remains in the hands of the Mexican organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Narcolullabis are songs that glamorize drug trafficking through Mexican history.
A)True
B)False
Q3) With a population of more than one million,the city of ____________ is racked by poverty and lacks a sewage treatment facility,but is home to one of Mexico's richest drug organizations and is now considered the most dangerous city in the world.
Q4) Mexican drug organizations have diversified their criminal enterprises into the realm of ransom kidnapping and:
A)identity theft.
B)international bank fraud.
C)extortion.
D)sex trafficking.
Q5) Who was Pablo Escobar and what role did he play in advancing organized crime in Colombia?
Q6) Describe the evolution of the Colombian drug business.
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Chapter 6: Russia and the Former Soviet Union
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Q1) The vory developed among hardcore prison camp inmates.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During the 1990s in the United States,Russian organized crime groups were involved in a number of different schemes,including tax fraud and evasion on certain products like alcohol and:
A)chocolate.
B)fuel oil.
C)cigarettes.
D)seafood.
Q3) _____________ are informal organizations whose members share a set of behaviors and expectations.
Q4) Russian gangsters have long been involved in the production and sale of what powerful drug?
A)heroin
B)methamphetamine
C)cocaine
D)methadone
Q5) _____________ is an acronym for the Russian prison service and a term used to identify penal colonies.
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Chapter 7: Asia
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Q1) Tongs continue to be associated with:
A)drugs.
B)illegal gambling.
C)labor rackets.
D)prostitution.
Q2) Tongs were first established in the 1850s as benevolent societies in which U.S.city?
A)Chicago
B)New York
C)Philadelphia
D)San Francisco
Q3) Which of the following is \(\underline{\text{NOT}}\) one of the three basic Chinese concepts that represent the Triad?
A)heaven
B)earth
C)man
D)hell
Q4) The drug-trafficking Triads expanded their operations during the _____________,when thousands of GIs were attracted to the potent heroin of Southeast Asia.
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Chapter 8: Africa
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Q1) Although Nigeria produces no precursor chemicals or drugs that have a significant impact on the United States,Nigeria is a major trafficking hub and the base for criminal organizations responsible for a significant amount of which drug used in the United States?
A)K2
B)heroin
C)methamphetamine
D)cocaine
Q2) Discuss the drug trafficking activities of the Nigerians.What is unique about Nigeria and drug trafficking?
Q3) In West Africa,drug traffickers are primarily of what descent?
A)Algerian
B)Angolan
C)Namibian
D)Nigerian
Q4) As a result of stepped-up enforcement against __________ entering Europe through Spain and the Netherlands,West Africa has become more attractive to smugglers.
Q5) What variables make West Africa attractive for the development of organized crime?
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Chapter 9: Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
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Q1) Which outlaw motorcycle club (OMC)was the first to have a formal organizational structure with a constitution and bylaws?
A)the Hell's Angels
B)the Bandidos
C)the Pagans
D)the Racers
Q2) Maurice ("Mom")Boucher,the charismatic president of the Canadian Hell's Angels Nomads Chapter,negotiated an alliance with which Montreal-based family,headed by Phil Rizzuto?
A)Lucchese Family
B)Gambino Family
C)Bonanno Family
D)Colombo Family
Q3) The term outlaw was first used by the sheriff of Riverside to distinguish southern California bikers such as the POBOBs from those motorcycle enthusiasts affiliated with the mainstream American Motorcycle Association (AMA).
A)True
B)False
Q4) Provide a brief overview of the outlaw motorcycle club known as the "Outlaws."
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Chapter 10: Organized Crime: "Goods and Services"
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Q1) Central to trafficking in persons is the "principle of _________," applied upon arrival,through seizure of travel documents such as passports and tickets of the trafficked person.
Q2) Organized crime's interest in prostitution waned during Prohibition because money could be made easily in which area?
A)narcotics
B)murder
C)bootlegging
D)extortion
Q3) What is another name for the 1910 "White Slave Act," which prohibited the interstate transportation of women for the purpose of prostitution or other immoral purpose?
A)Jefferson Act
B)Roosevelt Act
C)Byrd Act
D)Mann Act
Q4) The low priority given to gambling enforcement adds to its attractiveness to organized crime.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking
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Q1) The biggest influence on marijuana legislation has been racist attitudes against African Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Most ecstasy consumed domestically here in the United States is actually manufactured in the United States,especially in the South.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which country is the source of "black tar" or brown heroin that gained a foothold in the American drug market after the demise of the "French Connection"?
A)Colombia
B)China
C)Mexico
D)Afghanistan
Q4) The purity level of heroin is \(\underline{\text{NOT}}\) considered to be an indicator of its availability.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering
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Q1) Formed in 1903,which union is one of 15 unions that belong to the Building Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO?
A)LIUNA
B)HEREIU
C)ILA
D)IBT
Q2) At a 1957 convention in Miami,which individual-who had been accused of dozens of improper activities by the McClellan Committee-was elected President of the IBT?
A)Benjamin Fein
B)Jimmy Hoffa
C)Bill Presser
D)John L.Lewis
Q3) Organized crime can play a crucial role in limiting competition in the construction industry by enforcing a system of _____________ bidding.
Q4) The 1935 _________ Act gave protection to the rights of workers to organize and engage in collective bargaining.
Q5) How does money laundering serve the interests of organized crime?
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Q6) The _____________ is the largest labor union in the United States.
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Chapter 13: Organized Crime Statutes
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Q1) The PROTECT Act of 2003 authorizes the prosecution of Americans whose behavior involves sexual exploitation of children:
A)in the United States only
B)in Europe only.
C)in Asia only.
D)anywhere in the world.
Q2) In what ways can the Internal Revenue Code be used against organized crime?
Q3) Which federal law prohibits any agreement among competitors to fix prices,rig bids,or engage in other anti-competitive activities?
A)Bell Act
B)Harrison Act
C)Landrum-Griffin Act
D)Sherman Antitrust Act
Q4) The Harrison Act is a federal statute that provides rights to union members and protections by promoting democratic procedures within labor organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is RICO? Also list and explain the major criticisms with its application.
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Chapter 14: Investigating and Prosecuting Organized Crime
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Q1) The right to counsel,right to be tried by an impartial jury,and right to confront witnesses are U.S.Constitutional rights derived from which amendment(s)?
A)First,Fourth,and Sixth Amendment
B)First Amendment
C)Fifth Amendment
D)Sixth Amendment
Q2) What is electronic surveillance,and what are some of the problems associated with its use by law enforcement?
Q3) Which agency acts as a central repository for professional and technical expertise on transnational organized crime and as a clearinghouse for the collection,collation,analysis,and dissemination of information relating to organized crime and criminal organizations?
A)AFRICAPOL
B)ASIAPOL
C)INTERPOL
D)EUROPOL
Q4) The _____________ Amendment to the U.S.Constitution provides that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."
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