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Criminal Justice 10 – Organized Crime
Quiz 2 (Chapter 2)
NAME: ______Date Due : 2/5/18
Select the most correct answer.
Use a Scan-Tron 882E
1. According to the Alien Conspiracy Theory, U.S. organized crime is made up of 25 or so Italian-dominated crime ______, also known as La Cosa Nostra.
a. syndicatesb. mobs
c. familiesd. businesses
2. Some theorists believe that regardless of the reason for committing crime, the decision to do so is a ______made after weighing the benefits and consequences of the action.
a. haphazard decisionb. rational choice
c. logical guessd. self-defeating choice
3. ______holds that crime can be thwarted by the threat of punishment.
a. Life course theoryb. Learning theory
c. General deterrence theoryd. Subculture theory
4. Persons with ______have a history of poor social interaction and have been described as being “weak and ineffective, lacking energy, passive and nice but totally inadequate.”
a. psychosocial skillsb. dependent personality
c. separation anxietyd. antisocial tendencies
5. Miller (1958) argues that participation in ______often provides a training ground for future organized crime participants.
a. group workb. prison
c. gang rapesd. youth gangs
6. Sutherland viewed ______as a product of socialization in which criminals are guided by many of the same principles that guide law-abiding people.
a. differential associationb. juvenile delinquency
c. prior bad actsd. criminal discipline
7. Some researchers link ______to social conditions prevalent in neighborhoods.
a. criminalityb. antisocial personality
c. sociopath personalityd. deterrence conspiracy
8. ______suggests that the inequality between communities where the poor and the rich live in proximity to one another creates a general feeling of anger, hostility, and social injustice on the part of inner-city inhabitants.
a. Anomieb. Relative deprivation
c. Stratificationd. Cultural transmission
9. According to Merton’s ______theory, aberrant behavior can be viewed as a symptom of the dissociation between “culturally defined aspirations and socially structured means.”
a. anomie b. learning
c. differential opportunityd. subculture
10. ______relegates some people to environments in which they experience a sense of strain.
a. Differential associationb. Dependent personality
c. Antisocial personalityd. Socioeconomic stratification
11. ______posits that many lower-class male adolescents experience a sense of desperation surrounding the belief that their position in the economic structure is relatively fixed and immutable.
a. Cultural deprivationb. Community sanctions
c. Differential opportunityd. Ethnic succession
12. Smith (1980) has proposed a(n) ______theory, which explains that organized crime exists because the legitimate marketplace leaves many people unserved or unsatisfied, who are potential customers.
a. marketplaceb. organizational
c. customerd. enterprise
13. At the heart of enterprise theory (Smith, 1980) is the hallmark of ______, the law of supply and demand, which the illicit drug trade can illustrate.
a. free taxationb. legitimate business
c. economicsd. cultural expression
14. Empirical evidence strongly suggests that the pattern of ______in organized crime resembles what has variously been called a network, a partnership, or a patron–client relationship.
a. associationb. enterprise
c. economicsd. trust
15. Deterrence theoryholds that penalties for criminal acts should be sufficiently severe that convicted criminals will never repeat their acts.
a. Trueb. False
16. Generally, individuals with dependent personality are unable to control their anger, frustration, and hostility.
a. Trueb. False
17. Proponents of drug legalization refer to the enterprise theory by arguing that legalized drugs would put those who sell them out of business and thus would significantly reduce the ranks of organized crime.
a. Trueb. False
18. Sociopaths rarely appear to have a pleasant personality and usually have a below-average level of intelligence.
a. Trueb. False
19. Impulsivity is not one of the personality traits most likely to be possessed by an individual with sociopathic personality disorder.
a. Trueb. False
20. Culture conflict theory is essentially a clash between the social mores of the middle class and the conduct norms of other groups.
a. Trueb. False
21. The problem with organized crime groups is they rarely seek profitable and safe investments.
a. Trueb. False
22. Organized crime has never provided lucrative services to businesspeople in any community.
a. Trueb. False