Name 5 of the 11 organized crime groups identified by the President’s Commission on Organized Crime.

What will be an ideal response?


La Cosa Nostra, outlaw motorcycle gangs, prison gangs, Triads and Tongs, Vietnamese gangs, Yakuza, Marielitos, Columbian cocaine rings, Irish, Russian, Canadian

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Match the following explanations for crime to the proper category of sociological theories

1. Poverty a. social structure theories 2. distribution of wealth within society b. social process and social development theories 3. Ownership of the means of production c. social conflict theories 4. Lack of self-control 5. Social disorganization 6. Social class 7. Social bonds 8. Inappropriate socialization 9. differential opportunities 10. Deviant subcultures 11. Social learning

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Adjudicatory hearings for juveniles are similar to adult trials, with some notable exceptions. List and define three of those differences and compare them to adult trials

Comment on your belief as to the most important of these differences that benefit juveniles.

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Identify, define, and explain the two­prongs of the U.S. Supreme Court's test of "effective" counsel adopted in Strickland v. Washington

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is inaccurate regarding the similarities between the juvenile justice system and the adult criminal justice system?

a. Discretion in decision making is used in both the juvenile justice systems and the adult criminal justice system. b. The standard of arrest is similar for adults and juveniles. c. The standard of evidence in juvenile delinquency adjudications, as in adult criminal trials, is proof beyond a reasonable doubt. d. Juveniles and adults can be kept in detention without bail if they are considered dangerous.

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