In contrast with the American Mafia, African-American criminal groups have an inherent weakness. What is that weakness and how is it manifested in African-American criminal groups' operations?
What will be an ideal response?
Confinement to the inner city thwarts the development of symbiotic community relationships that promote the survival of indigenous crime organizations. American Mafia Families have traditionally generated "goodwill" by providing certain community services and by keeping the more predatory kinds of crime (such as drugs, prostitution, and robbery) out of their own neighborhoods even while organizing it elsewhere in the city. While African American numbers operators (dis- cussed earlier) cultivated considerable goodwill, drug traffickers prey almost exclusively on their own people and thereby generate organized opposition from within their communities. The Racketeer and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute and effective federal law enforcement militate against the development and expansion of upstart criminals into self-perpetuating criminal organizations..
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a. True b. False
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false