Unit 11: Gangs | Unit 11: Gangs | Unit 11: Gangs | Unit 11: Gangs | Unit 12: Drugs |
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What are prison, motorcycle and street gangs?
These are the three broad categories of gangs discussed in lecture
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What is the mid-1990s?
This is the period of time in which gang violence was noted to hit its peak in the United States
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What is a 'street family'?
A family who has little empathy for others and expresses little concern for the well-being of their neighbors would be described as this by Elijah Anderson
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What is between 19-20?
This is the most common age for people to be involved in a gang
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What is Colombia?
The majority of all cocaine consumed in the United States largely comes from __________________.
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What is in large cities?
This is where gang involvement is noted to be the most prevalent
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What is that gang violence has spread into rural and suburban communities?
This is cited as being the reason that gang violence has increased in the 2000s
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What is 3?
This is the minimum number of persons required for a group to be considered a gang by definition
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What are state prisons?
Prison gangs are more commonly found in _______________ prisons
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What is to depict the horrible effects of marijuana use on its users?
The purpose of the film Reefer Madness was to do ____________________.
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What is about half?
This is the proportion of murders in Chicago that have been attributed to gang violence
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What is for protection?
This is cited as the reason many prisoners join gangs while incarcerated
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What are for protection and for fun?
These are the two primary reasons youth tend to join gangs as discussed in lecture
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What are antisocial behavior, victimization, alcohol and drug abuse, and mental health problems?
These are four risk factors that would lead youth to be involved in a gang
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What is $3?
According to our reading in Freakonomics, this is how much the foot soldier is estimated to earn per hour
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What are self-identification separate from the community by clothing, symbols, names, and vocabulary; and that they engage in criminal activity?
These are the two criteria that define a gang
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What is respect?
This is the main premise of the 'Code of the Street' as described by Elijah Anderson
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What is approximately 10%?
This is the estimated percentage of gang members that are female
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What is 180?
This is the estimated number of members in a traditional gang
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What are Whites/Caucasians and crack?
Demographically speaking, _____________ are more likely to use powder cocaine as opposed to ______________.
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What is 1.4 million?
This is the estimated number of persons involved in gangs in the United States alone
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What is enduring a beating by other existing members of the gang?
This was discussed as one of the most common rituals for initiating new gang members.
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What are the Vice Lords?
A five-point star would represent this (one of Chicago's most prominent gangs)
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What are improving schools and providing youth with activities and opportunities?
These are two methods cited to prevent youth from gang involvement
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What are Washington and Colorado?
In 2012, these two states legalized the use of marijuana
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What is that his life sentence was upheld after a more recent hearing of his case?
This is the current status of Adolfo Davis
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