Exam 17: Organized Crime

The Chicago criminal gang headed by Al "Scarface" Capone consisted of more than ______ gunmen at its most prosperous heights.

The Apalachin meeting provided further evidence for the existence of a ______ and coordinated crime syndicate.

The ______ is a catch-all phrase for a group of organized gangs that many experts consider the most serious organized crime threat in the world today.

Which of the case studies Albanese (2000) analyzed best supported his predictive model?

The Kefauver Committee formed in 1980 to investigate organized crime's involvement in interstate commerce.

The national ruling body of the La Cosa Nostra consists of five ________ families and four bosses from other important families located in other cities.

Ethnicity remains a strong predictive and causal factor in the explanation of organized crime.

The Yakuza of Japan are well known for their ability to operate in the underworld without being detected.

All of the following are considered events that affirmed the existence of organized crime EXCEPT

There are alleged to be ______ La Cosa Nostra families.

What was the Tammany Society?

Explain what the continuum of corruption means.

La Cosa Nostra membership is restricted to males of ______ descent.

Which of the following is considered the most serious organized crime threat in the world today?

Criteria for involvement in La Cosa Nostra includes which of the following?

Definitions of organized crime are numerous but often vague.

In the "big four" motorcycle groups of the United States, women enjoy full and equal membership.

______ is committed by structured criminal enterprises that maintain their activities over time by violence and/or corruption.

The Tammany Society began as a fraternal and patriotic society, bust soon evolved into a corrupt political machine associated with the ______ which ran New York well into the twentieth century.

La Cosa Nostra prospective members must be sponsored by who?