Exam 5: Community Policing and Gangs

Joining a gang to achieve a level of status that he or she feels impossible outside the gang culture is consistent with which motivating factor identified by the Los Angeles Police Department?

Which strategy targets the most dangerous gang members with the goal to remove them from the community?

Youth who join gangs often perform poorly in school and lack skills, such as socialization, self-control, self-esteem, and refusal.

A ______ street gang poses the greatest threat due to the quantity of illegal drugs and their violent nature.

Which type of gang typically has a large number of juvenile members?

Which of the following is a characteristic of gangs mentioned in the official federal definition from the Department of Justice and Immigration and Customs Enforcement?

Gangs are known to use social media platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, to recruit juvenile gang members.

Explain why there are discrepancies between law enforcement data and the youth survey data pertaining to gang membership for White people and people of color.

Anti-racketeering laws that have brought down other mafia groups have been successful in suppressing street gang activity.

According to the definition from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a gang is an association whose members collectively identify themselves by adopting a which type of identity?

Street gangs vary greatly by size and which type of composition?

According to the text, the Barrio 18 gang heavily recruits immigrant students who are in ______.

The federal definition of gangs represents the characteristics of gangs, such as the ______.

Barrio 18 is an example of which type of gang?

Identify and discuss the Los Angeles Police Department's five main motivating factors for juveniles to join gangs.

Children are often recruited by gangs to be drug runners in their communities.

Which type of gang refers to themselves as the "one percenters?"

Which of the following is a risk factor that plays a role in a juvenile's decision to join a gang and engage in delinquent acts?

What are some of the characteristics of gangs, according to the official definition used by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)?

Data show that gangs are not as widespread a problem as previously thought.