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The final stage of gang development is characterized by the ________ of the city as a result of gang control.

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The three types of gangs identified by C.Ronald Huff in Cleveland and Columbus were hedonistic, instrumental, and ________ gangs.

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According to Spergel and colleagues, the form of community intervention that focuses on individual behavior and value change is ________ intervention.

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Describe the three different types of gang leadership and how it applies to modern-day gangs.

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The most consistent finding on the work of detached workers for gangs was that they ________.


A) decreased the size of the youth gang
B) produced more harmony among gang members
C) decreased the amount of female participation in the group
D) increased the size of the youth gang

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Studies consistently show that female gangs are separate entities from male gangs.

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Which of the following is the MOST True about defining gangs?


A) The association avoids having any type of identifiable structure
B) A gang can be as few as two members.
C) The members engage in delinquency instead of criminal activity.
D) Intimidation to further its criminal objectives.

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According to Martin Jankowski, the vertical structure divides ________ hierarchically into several different levels.

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Match each term with its description. -Fagan and others


A) Underclass Theory
B) Subcultural Affiliation
C) Strain Theory
D) Social Disorganization

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According to Carl S. Taylor, Detroit gangs are of three types: ________, territorial, and corporate.

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Which of the following is the MOST True about female gangs?


A) Gang involvement does expose young women to risks of victimization.
B) Females have to participate in all the masculine activities such as fighting and committing crime.
C) Female gangs to not persecute their members who opt out of violence and crime.
D) Girls join gangs for different reasons that boys do.

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According to Jeffery Fagan's analysis, which of the following gangs were involved in a few delinquent activities and only alcohol and marijuana use?


A) Type 2 gangs
B) Type 3 gangs
C) Type 4 gangs
D) Type 1 gangs

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One of the most remarkable and influential persons who have ever worked on gang intervention is Father ________.

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Scenario: You decide to join a gang that many of your friends belong to. Your friends advise you not to talk to any of the gang members wearing a black bandana until you earn your blue bandana. They tell you that you can talk to the members with blue bandanas as long as they invite you to first. They then tell you that the most important thing to remember is that you never come within 5 feet of the one person who wears the Red bandana or you will be severely punished. Which of Jankowski's three types of leadership would the gang most closely resemble?

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The vertical/hierarchical stru...

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African American gangs usually identify themselves by wearing certain colors in addition to other identifiers, such as the common ________ signs.

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Stage 1 of gang development is characterized by the deterioration of the city because of gang control.

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Match each term with its description. -Miller


A) Underclass Theory
B) Subcultural Affiliation
C) Strain Theory
D) Social Disorganization

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Which of the following is True of female gangs?


A) They all operate independent of adolescent male gangs.
B) Studies show that girls age out of gangs before boys.
C) Loyalty is not a basic element.
D) They are all non-violent.

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Match each term with its description. -Walter Miller


A) This person's study was one of the first to define youth gangs
B) Study of female gangs is one of the most important of the 20th century
C) Known for the analysis of growth and changes in gangs
D) Known for Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention

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The Bloods and the Crips, the most notorious Los Angeles gangs, are representative of the horizontal/commission type.

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