What are the principal features of cultural gangs?

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Cultural gangs are strongly grounded in a neighborhood identity, and members may be involved in crime, including drug trafficking. They are maintained by loyalty to the gang and the neighborhood. Involvement in drug use and dealing can serve as a membership requirement, and stature in the group may be linked to success in the drug trade, but the group defines itself in terms of brotherhood, is highly protective of their turf, and engage in non-utilitarian violence with other gangs. Cultural gangs are not organized expressly to sell drugs, but the gang organization facilitates that activity.

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By 2014, how many U.S. States had authorized marijuana smoking for the relief of pain and discomfort or the control of nausea and weight loss?

a. seven states b. twenty three states c. twenty – eight states d. thirty – two

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If the same words were used by a businessman in an office, this would constitute what type of crime?

a. language crime b. property c. violent order d. public order

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A Child Is Missing (ACIM)

a. can send a recorded message to a hundred phones in 60 seconds. b. originated in the Dallas–Fort Worth region after a 9-year-old girl was abducted and murdered. c. has assisted in more than 1,000 missing persons cases. d. can send vital information about a missing child to thousands of phones in less than 60 seconds. e. has 46 statewide plans, 60 regional plans, and 31 local plans across the United States.

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