Which of the following is NOT a strategy used by juvenile gangs to recruit new members, according to Martin Sanchez Jankowski's study of gangs in New York, Los Angeles, and Boston?

a. Having a party
b. Paying money to new members
c. Coercion
d. Persuading young men that they have a civic duty to join a gang


Answer: b

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A. participation B. representation C. compensation D. observation

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a. a working knowledge of economics. b. the power to think subjectively. c. an unusual ability for observation, objective perception, and recall. d. the ability to analyze the motivation of the perpetrator.

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