Describe the organizational structure of Triads
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Most of the approximately fifty Hong Kong Triads have evolved into loose-knit groups operating and cooperating with each other on the basis of personal introductions and mutual interests. Triads are best described as loose cartels made up of independent groups that "adopt a similar organizational structure and ritual to bind their members together" (Chu 2005: 5). Triad leaders do not dictate to members what criminal activities they should pursue, and generally do not receive monetary benefits unless they are directly involved with the actual criminal enterprise. As in American Mafia Families and outlaw motorcycle clubs, Triads have an associational hierarchy that does not exert vertically integrated control over members' criminal enterprises.
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b. Conventional behavior therapy
c. Operant behavioral therapy
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