What transnational organized criminal groups does this chapter identify? How do their activities differ from those of traditional organized crime families?
What will be an ideal response?
This chapter focuses mainly on Russian organized crime. While Russian organized crime is involved in a variety of American-style organized criminal activities, such as narcotics, prostitution, racketeering, and illicit gambling, it is also heavily involved in human trafficking, product diversion and counterfeiting of popular Western goods, and illicit arms sales and smuggling.
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a. St. Paul, Minnesota. b. Chicago, Illinois. c. Albany, New York. d. Baltimore, Maryland.
An advantage of in-person interviewing is
A) That it is time-consuming B) That response rates are lower than for survey research C) That the physical and social circumstances of the interview can be monitored D) All of the above
A court's judgment regarding the guilt or innocence of a defendant is called ______.
A. adjudication B. incarceration C. probate D. due process
Joe, age 22, has consensual sexual intercourse with Lucy, who is 21 and a virgin. Joe may be convicted of ___________________
a. statutory rape b. rape, i.e., involuntary sexual battery c. contributing to the delinquency of a minor d. none of these