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Laws that criminalize activities such as lotteries and drugs have led to |
| | A) | the development of organized crime |
| | B) | a safer society |
| | C) | a reduction in those prohibited activities |
| | D) | war |
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In the hierarchical structure of a crime organization, the underboss is |
| | A) | the leader |
| | B) | the second-in-command |
| | C) | a member of a group of "middle managers" |
| | D) | a personal assistant, or butler, to the leader |
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Crimes that would come under the heading of "racketeering" are |
| | A) | drug operations |
| | B) | gambling networks |
| | C) | prostitution rings |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Another term for loan sharking is |
| | A) | bookmaking |
| | B) | money laundering |
| | C) | criminal usury |
| | D) | banking |
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A private person, in an area in which gambling is not legal, who takes bets on sporting events and horse races on a daily basis is participating in |
| | A) | bookmaking |
| | B) | money laundering |
| | C) | loan sharking |
| | D) | banking |
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RICO criminalizes |
| | A) | activities committed by organized crime members |
| | B) | specifically drug sales and distribution by criminal organizations |
| | C) | activities committed specifically by street gangs |
| | D) | terrorist activities |
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An element of a criminal violation under RICO is |
| | A) | an agreement by two or more people to commit a criminal act |
| | B) | evidence of a single criminal act by the conspiracy |
| | C) | unlawful activity involving an enterprise |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Under RICO, a prohibited act would include |
| | A) | investing income from a pattern of racketeering activity |
| | B) | conducting the affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity |
| | C) | acquiring or maintaining an interest in an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity |
| | D) | all of the above |
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A law developed to specifically target organized criminal activity involving drugs is |
| | A) | RICO |
| | B) | CCE |
| | C) | STEP |
| | D) | The Mann Act |
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a modern criminal street gang? |
| | A) | the primary activity is the commission of one of more criminal acts |
| | B) | having an identifiable name, sign, or symbol |
| | C) | the members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity |
| | D) | felony violation of federal narcotics laws |
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Modern street gangs are similar to traditional crime organizations because |
| | A) | they have a hierarchical structure |
| | B) | they identify their territory with graffiti |
| | C) | membership is based on living in a particular neighborhood, rather than blood relation to other members |
| | D) | all of the above |
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California enacted the Street Terrorism Enforcement Prevention Act to target |
| | A) | money laundering |
| | B) | international terrorism |
| | C) | criminal street gangs |
| | D) | prostitution rings |
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Uses or threats of violence to attain strategic and political objectives is |
| | A) | extortion |
| | B) | terrorism |
| | C) | intimidation |
| | D) | ideological violence |
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International terrorism involves |
| | A) | attacks against a government by people or groups either inside or outside the nation's borders |
| | B) | actual violence but not the threat of violence |
| | C) | religious persecution |
| | D) | violence or the threat of violence that crosses national borders |
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Under ant-terrorism legislation passed by Congress, the maximum penalty for terrorist acts is |
| | A) | imprisonment of 25 to 75 years |
| | B) | life imprisonment |
| | C) | life imprisonment without possibility of parole |
| | D) | death |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education