What are three of the five indicators of gang institutionalization proposed by Hagedorn (2008)?

What will be an ideal response?


Students should select three of the following five indicators listed in the text: (1) the gang persists despite changes in leadership; (2) its organizational structure is sufficiently flexible to sustain multiple roles of its members (including accommodations for women and children); (3) adaptations to changing environment can be made (e.g., police suppression); (4) it fulfills certain community needs (e.g., economic, security, and services); (5) it provides a distinct worldview for its members (minimally, symbols, rituals, and traditions; perhaps more generally, a subculture).

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How do the police organization charts on pages 51 -52 exemplify Weber?s first two principles of effective bureaucratic organizations?

What will be an ideal response?

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Interactions between new hires and both their colleagues and seasoned officers is responsible for

A) formal socialization. B) informal socialization. C) development of predispositions. D) entrenching particularistic traits.

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The Manson women have all been denied ______.

A. probation B. entry into prison rehabilitation programs C. parole D. constitutional rights

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Blakely v. Washington, 124 S.Ct. 2531 (2004), applied the reasoning of Apprendi to

a. state sentencing systems b. federal sentencing systems c. city sentencing systems d. county systems

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