Online Instructor’s Manual with Testbank for Organized Crime Seventh Edition Michael D. Lyman Columbia College of Missouri Test Bank Chapter 1 Understanding Organized Crime 1.1 Multiple Choice Questions 1) In many ways the image and impression we have of organized crime, whether accurate or not, have been shaped by American “________” culture. A) bebop B) rap C) pop D) country Answer: C Page Ref: 2 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Basic 2) The 1972 movie ________, starring Marlon Brando, depicted organized crime. A) The Underworld B) The Black Dahlia C) The Choir Boys D) The Godfather Answer: D Page Ref: 3 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Intermediate 3) Donald Liddick (2004) suggests that organized crime is “the provision of illegal goods and services, various forms of theft and fraud, and the restraint of trade in both licit and illicit market sectors, perpetuated by informal and changing networks of ‘upper-world’ and ‘under-world’ societal participants who are bound together in complex webs of ________ relationships.” A) seller-user B) boss-subordinate C) patron-client D) power-patron Answer: C Page Ref: 8-9 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Intermediate 126 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. 4) The National Criminal Intelligence Service (2005) describes organized crime as having four salient attributes, which include all of the following EXCEPT ________. A) an organized crime group contains at least three people B) the group, or at least one member, commits murder or aggravated assault C) the group is motivated by a desire for profit or power D) the group commits serious criminal offenses Answer: B Page Ref: 12 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Basic 5) Organized crime profits by trafficking women across international borders for prostitution and often uses women as ________ in the drug trade during transit. A) mules B) horses C) cows D) oxen Answer: A Page Ref: 13 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Difficult 6) Unlike street criminals or even professional criminals, organized criminals work together on a ________ basis in illegal enterprises. A) friendly B) need to know C) continuous D) supply and demand Answer: C Page Ref: 13 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Difficult 7) Organized crime exists for one primary purpose: ________. A) to beat the criminal justice system B) to make a profit C) to get away with murder D) to protect each other from other organizations Answer: B Page Ref: 14 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Intermediate 127 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. 8) Instead of shaking down neighborhood bars and restaurants, organized crime agencies, hired by legitimate businesses, now harass their ________. A) local police agency B) accountants C) attorneys D) competitors Answer: D Page Ref: 14 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Intermediate 9) Organized crime involves a defined ________, with people in leadership and management roles who make “policy” decisions. A) hierarchy B) procurement C) enterprise D) scope Answer: A Page Ref: 17 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Intermediate 10) Which type of hierarchies are tightly controlled groups with strong systems of internal discipline and clearly defined roles and lines of authority? A) Standard B) Core C) Regional D) Clustered Answer: C Page Ref: 21 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Intermediate 11) A hallmark of organized crime is the provision of ________, which are not available from legitimate businesses. A) loans B) drugs C) services D) weapons Answer: D Page Ref: 26 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Basic 128 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. 12) One of the most comprehensive examinations of the ________ Mafia comes from Anton Blok (1974), an anthropologist who studied the Mafia of a Sicilian village for the period from 1860 to 1960. A) Mexican B) European C) Sicilian D) Greek Answer: C Page Ref: 30 Objective: Learn about the Sicilian heritage as it relates to the Italian Mafia. Level: Basic 13) What is a Gabelloti? A) Special police force B) Violent peasant entrepreneurs C) A trademark of Mexican Mafia murders D) A weapon used often in torture Answer: B Page Ref: 30 Objective: Learn about the Sicilian heritage as it relates to the Italian Mafia. Level: Difficult 14) In Naples in the province of Campania on the Italian mainland, a powerful criminal brotherhood called the ________ (stemming from a Spanish word meaning dispute or fight) also operated. A) Palazzo B) Camorra C) Partito D) Cosca Answer: B Page Ref: 31 Objective: Learn about the Sicilian heritage as it relates to the Italian Mafia. Level: Difficult 15) The Italian Mafia grew and developed during the reign of fascist dictator Benito ________ in the 1920s. A) Juarez B) Ciccio C) Mori D) Mussolini 129 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. Answer: D Page Ref: 31 Objective: Learn how official investigations into organized crime have contributed to an understanding of the Italian Mafia. Level: Basic 16) Until the Kefauver Committee hearings in 1950, the single most comprehensive and credible exploration of organized crime was ________ Organized Crime in Chicago. A) John Wickliffe’s B) John Landesco’s C) W. S. Parkerson’s D) Charles Mtranga’s Answer: B Page Ref: 35 Objective: Learn how official investigations into organized crime have contributed to an understanding of the Italian Mafia. Level: Intermediate 17) The ________ was established to study the nature and extent of organized crime in the United States and to develop strategies and recommendations to combat it. A) President’s Commission on Organized Crime B) Wickersham Commission C) Anti-Mafia Commission D) Washington School of Organized Crime Answer: A Page Ref: 45 Objective: Compare the various theories that have been developed to explain the structure of organized crime groups. Level: Intermediate 18) Representing the core of the organized crime unit, the ________ is made up of persons who utilize criminality and violence and are willing to corrupt in order to gain power and profit. A) Pizza Connection B) Koran C) Sicilian orthodox D) criminal group Answer: D Page Ref: 46 Objective: Compare the various theories that have been developed to explain the structure of organized crime groups. Level: Intermediate 130 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. 19) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the criminal group? A) Continuity B) Structure C) Membership D) Transparency Answer: D Page Ref: 46-47 Objective: Compare the various theories that have been developed to explain the structure of organized crime groups. Level: Basic 20) A corrupt public official is a “________.” A) protector B) punisher C) eraser D) motivator Answer: A Page Ref: 47 Objective: Compare the various theories that have been developed to explain the structure of organized crime groups. Level: Intermediate 21) ________ are composed of persons who purchase organized crime’s illegal goods and services, such as drug users, patrons of bookmakers, and prostitution rings, and people who knowingly purchase stolen goods. A) Specialized supporters B) Social supporters C) Crime groups D) User supporters Answer: D Page Ref: 48 Objective: Compare the various theories that have been developed to explain the structure of organized crime groups. Level: Basic 22) Chambliss (1978) conceives of organized crime as being a network of individuals, the most powerful of whom are ________. A) friends B) neighbors C) businesspeople D) family members 131 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. Answer: C Page Ref: 53 Objective: Compare the various theories that have been developed to explain the structure of organized crime groups. Level: Intermediate 23) According to ________ (1983), in New York, no group exercises control over entrepreneurs in gambling and loan-sharking. A) Reuter B) Laswell C) Hellman D) Chap Answer: A Page Ref: 56 Objective: See how organizational constraints affect organized crime groups. Level: Intermediate 24) Organized crime is made up of a series of highly adaptive, flexible networks that readily take into account ________. A) hard targeting B) new opportunities for distribution C) perceptional blindness D) new law enforcement hiring strategies Answer: B Page Ref: 57 Objective: See how organizational constraints affect organized crime groups. Level: Intermediate 25) In recognition of a need to regulate and constrain illicit activity, public officials put their policy-making and enforcement powers on the ________. A) lam B) forefront C) back burner D) market Answer: D Page Ref: 57 Objective: See how organizational constraints affect organized crime groups. Level: Difficult 132 Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. 1.2 True/False Questions 1) Organized crime organizations manipulate and control legitimate industries like trash hauling. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 3 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Intermediate 2) Law enforcement priorities shifted in 2001 with the 9/11 bombings, which also resulted in an end to transnational organized crime. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 3 Objective: Understand the numerous definitions of organized crime. Level: Difficult 3) The 1990s and the early