What is the difference between a prison gang and a Security-Threat Group (STG)?

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A STG is a more inclusive term for a prison gang. Unlike the term prison gang, STG is specified as having two or more inmates, and the term does not require that the group be criminally oriented, just that they pose some kind of threat to the security or organization of the prison.

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What were the policy implications of the Chicago v. Morales (1999) decision?

a. Police were allowed to continue to use discretion in determining gang loitering. b. RICO statutes could be applied to gangs and gang members. c. The law enforcement practices of the Rampart Scandal were constitutional. d. ‘Gang' and ‘gang member' had to be more clearly defined in law.

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Explain the Daubert Standard.

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Ciudad del Este (CDE), "City of the East," provides a microcosm of the nexus between organized crime and terrorism. Which of the following organized crime group(s) use(s) this Paraguayan city as a meeting place?

a. Colombian crime groups b. Chinese Triads c. yakuza d. all of these

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Surveys consistently find about 30 to 40 percent of male youths and 15 to 30 percent of female youths report having committed a serious violent offense by age 17

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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