You are a police investigator assigned to the new gang unit. Your job is to gather intelligence regarding gangs and gang types. Your first assignment is to identify West Coast street gangs

Discuss what exactly you will be looking for to identify this grou


A unique style of gang dress, evidenced by the creation of "zoot suits"—loose-fitting, baggy two-piece suits accompanied by a wide-brimmed hat; A specialized gang language, known as "Calo" and composed of words and phrases created by the gang by combining Spanish and English; an appreciation for drug use and sales, involving the use of pills (mainly barbiturates/depressants) rather than alcohol for a clean high; use of graffiti—known as placas—to mark the gang's territory and as a form of street communication; use of tattoos and colors to distinguish members of the same gang who are of the same race/ethnicity; use of a hit-and-run style of fighting known as japing (named for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor), carried out in the form of surprise attacks on rival gangs; the establishment of prison gangs, which are still in existence today and coordinate various illegal activities with street gangs.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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______________ involves a network of activities, usually cutting across state and national borders which range from legitimate businesses to shady deals with labor unions

a. Political crime b. Crimes without victim c. Visible crime d. Organized crime e. Occupational crime

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