Beginning in the 1970s and continuing into the 1990s, gang violence in the U. worsened. All of the following contributed to this violence except:...

8). Beginning in the 1970s and continuing into the 1990s, gang violence in the U.S. worsened. All of the following contributed to this violence except: a. Drugs b. Guns c. Sex trafficking d. Territory

19. True or False? It is estimated that one of every 10 federal prisoners is in a gang.

20. True or False? According to Hagedorn's typology, "dope fiends" view illegal drug sales as their primary career. 21.

True or False?

According to Hagedorn (1994) despite high average earnings from drug sales, most gang members would prefer full-time jobs with modest wages, and most move in and out of conventional labor markets. 2

2. True or False? The three primary centers of supply for illegal drugs are the Golden Crescent, the Golden Triangle, and Central America. 23. True or False? Criminologists use the term organized crime to refer to any crime involving two or more people.

24. True or False? Organized crime first came to the United States with Italian immigrants, as a "Mafia transplant."

25. True or False? Yakuza is the Chinese term for gangsters.

26. True or False? Assets forfeiture (seizure) is an example is an example of laws that have been used against organized crime.

27. True or False? The only major survivor of the "Commission Trials" was John Gotti who emerged as the most powerful boss of an organization that had been weakened by criminal justice and media attention.

28. True or False? J. Edgar Hoover requested televised coverage of Mafia court proceedings during the mid-twentieth century to educate the public of the prominence of organized crime on the East coast.

29. True or False? Human rights groups report that the number of women and children forced into the sex industry by organized crime has consistently decreased each year for the past decade.

30. True or False? With major crackdowns on traditional organized crime activities such as extortion and bid-rigging rackets, Mafia crime groups in New York in the nineties were shifting some of their focus to health frauds, prepaid phone cards, and Wall Street scams.