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What are some activities associated with organized crime? - ANSWERS✔✔ gambling,
loan-sharking, financial crimes, drugs, credit card fraud, computer fraud, money
laundering, etc.
What is the RICO statue? - ANSWERS✔✔ OCGA 16-14; pattern of racketeering
activity with 2 or more people commit, attempt to commit, solicit, coerce, or
intimidate another person to commit any crime
What is the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention statute? - ANSWERS✔✔ OCGA 16-
15; any person employed by or associated with a criminal street gang to conduct or
participate in criminal gang activity through the commission of any offense
highlighted in Code Section 16-15-3; three or more persons, formal or informal, and
one crime
What is a racketeering crime? - ANSWERS✔✔ person on person crime, person on
property crime, any drug charge, and any weapons charge
What is the main age range that are targeted for being recruited into a gang? -
ANSWERS✔✔ 8-22
Why do many people join gangs? - ANSWERS✔✔ lack of parental authority and
looking for acceptance
What is organized crime? - ANSWERS✔✔ when two or more individuals conspire to
violate criminal laws for profit
What are problems that law enforcement faces with street gangs? - ANSWERS✔✔
self-esteem, intimidation ability, economic prowess, and subculture
, What criteria should be met in order for a crime to be considered gang related? -
ANSWERS✔✔ incident occurs where the participants, suspects, or victims are
identified as gangs members or affiliates
law enforcement agency or reliable informant identifies an incident as gang activity
an informant of previously untested reliability identifies an incident as gang activity
and it is corroborated
the conduct is consistent with street gang activity
What are 5 domains of risk factors when it comes to youth joining a gang? -
ANSWERS✔✔ community (presence in the neighborhood), family(broken homes),
school(academic failure), peer group(high commitment to delinquent peers & low
commitment to positive peers), and individual(prior delinquency)
What are 4 levels of gang involvement? - ANSWERS✔✔ leaders (oldest members
w/extensive criminal backgrounds), hard-core members (lives revolve around the
gang), associates (associate w/the gang for status and recognition), and peripheral
(youngest and newest members)
What are common gang identifiers? - ANSWERS✔✔ graffiti, hand signs, tattoos,
colors, clothing, jewelry, and street names
What gangs are very secretive and keep a low profile? - ANSWERS✔✔ satanic gangs
What is occult crime? - ANSWERS✔✔ any criminal activity that is part of a religious
practice (inspired by a person's religious beliefs-committed under color of religion)
What are hate gangs? - ANSWERS✔✔ i.e. skin heads. They believe totally in their
cause and will act quickly when threatened by the forces opposed to their cause
What crimes do motorcycle gangs engage in? - ANSWERS✔✔ weapons & drug
trafficking, drug manufacturing, assault, extortion, homicide, money laundering, and
kidnapping
How many different schedules of drugs are there? - ANSWERS✔✔ 5
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