An important event that transformed the Diamonds, the Chicago gang of Puerto Rican youths studied by Felix Padilla, was:

a. a cutback in the number of police officers assigned to deal with juvenile gangs.
b. an Illinois law that created harsher penalties for adult drug dealers.
c. the federal RICO law that harshly punished members of criminal organizations.
d. the murder of a leader who had kept the gang from engaging in drug dealing.


Answer: b

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