A) Those with street smarts and loyalty B) Those with high academic qualifications C) Those with clean criminal records D) Those who are willing to act as informants
A) By using automated screening software B) By selecting members randomly from the general population C) By holding public recruitment fairs D) By having existing members vouch for or refer them
A) Completing a volunteer service project B) Donating money to the gang C) Violent hazing or committing a crime D) Passing a written knowledge exam
A) To hide their identity from authorities B) To establish credibility and track members C) To express their personal artistic style D) To avoid conflict with other gangs
A) A democratically elected leader B) A group of shot callers C) The longest-serving inmate D) A single dictator
A) By immediate expulsion of the parties involved B) By appealing to prison guards C) By an internal court-like body D) By voting on the issue during meals
A) A warning letter B) Violence C) Community service D) Financial fines
A) Those that are formed by prison staff B) Those that only exist in foreign countries C) Those that arise within the prison system D) Those that originate on the streets
A) Those that were already formed outside of prison B) Those that are formed by international inmates C) Those that only recruit members from other states D) Those that specialize in illegal imports
A) Rules that change every day B) Rules based on informal values C) Rules that are formally written and structured D) Rules that are kept secret from members
A) Implicit rules are easier to enforce B) Members cannot read written rules C) Explicit rules are illegal to possess D) Codifying all rules is costly
A) Ellickson focuses on state-run organizations B) Ellickson focuses on international trade C) Ellickson focuses only on criminal behavior D) Ellickson focuses on non-hierarchical groups
A) Members can leave whenever they pay a fee B) Members can retire with full benefits C) Members are encouraged to leave after five years D) Exit is often not an option or is very costly
A) Constitutions B) Government petitions C) Social media accounts D) Legal textbooks
A) Existing outside operations B) Better relationships with prison wardens C) Larger cells D) Higher access to education
A) Legal contracts B) Property rights C) Democratic elections D) International treaties
A) Mexican Mafia B) The Cape Flats Gang C) The Syndicate D) The Prison Alliance
A) Stationary bandits B) Democratic representatives C) Laissez-faire entrepreneurs D) Philanthropic organizations
A) They profit from smooth transactions B) They are mandated by the state to do so C) They are benevolent dictators D) They want to reduce the crime rate
A) Charles Tilly B) Adam Smith C) David Skarbek D) Mancur Olson
A) New York City B) Mexico City C) Cape Flats D) Los Angeles
A) Late 1970s B) Mid 1960s C) Early 1940s D) Early 1950s
A) The convict equilibrium B) The prison hierarchy C) The inmate code D) The prisoner manifesto
A) Legal immunity B) Direct access to the public C) Effective protection D) Tax-free status
A) Environmental regulation B) Contract enforcement C) Democratic voting processes D) Public welfare provision
A) Contraband information B) Homemade weapons C) Illegal drugs D) Alcohol
A) Five B) Three C) Four D) Six
A) Hyper-masculine ideal B) Democratic ideal C) Pacifist ideal D) Egalitarian ideal
A) Erving Goffman B) Brittany Friedman C) The Texas Department of Corrections D) The Civil Rights movement
A) Situational withdrawal B) Colonization C) Conversion D) The intransigent line
A) Situational withdrawal B) The intransigent line C) Colonization D) Conversion
A) Situational withdrawal B) Colonization C) The intransigent line D) Conversion
A) The intransigent line B) Conversion C) Situational withdrawal D) Colonization
A) Importation theory B) Carceral Apartheid theory C) Hyper-masculine theory D) Deprivation theory
A) The intransigent line B) Situational withdrawal C) Carceral apartheid D) Inmate colonization
A) Confederate Knights of America B) European Kindred C) Texas Syndicate D) Public Enemy No. 1
A) Mexikanemi B) Dirty White Boys C) Fresno Bulldogs D) Surenos
A) Simon City Royals B) Dead Man Incorporated C) 11 Bus Killas D) Nortenos
A) European Kindred B) Barrio Azteca C) Puro Tango Blast D) Latin Kings
A) Soldiers of Aryan Culture B) Ñetas C) Universal Aryan Brotherhood D) Brotherhood of Aryan Alliance
A) 26s B) The Ninevites C) Black Guerrilla Family D) The Americans
A) 28s B) The Firm C) Gangster Disciples D) 27s
A) The Firm B) United Blood Nation C) D.C. Blacks D) The Ninevites
A) The Vice Lords B) Nongoloza Mathebula C) The 28s leader D) The Folk Nation
A) Johannesburg B) Cape Town C) Durban D) Pretoria
A) Zulu B) Afrikaans C) Sabela D) Xhosa
A) 1950 B) 1980 C) 2000 D) 1990
A) Ritual sacrifice B) Punishment C) Executions D) Hazing
A) Self-defense B) Punishment C) Initiation D) Executions
A) Counter God B) The Numbers religion C) The Ninevites cult D) The Nongoloza faith
A) 200 years B) 50 years C) 100 years D) 500 years
A) 27s B) The Firm C) The Americans D) United Blood Nation
A) Primeiro Comando da Capital B) Policia Central de Carandiru C) Prisoners Coordinating Committee D) Primeiro Comando de Crime
A) 1993 B) 1992 C) 2001 D) 1985
A) Taubate B) Rio de Janeiro C) Brasília D) São Paulo
A) A drug turf war B) 2001 prison rebellions C) 1992 Carandiru Massacre D) A legislative reform
A) 29 B) 140,000 C) 100 D) 6,000
A) At least 6,000 B) Over 140,000 C) Less than 500 D) Exactly 1,000
A) The Red Command leader B) Benjamin Lessing C) The Taubate warden D) Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho
A) Supply of cocaine B) Collecting taxes C) Leading specific prisons D) Communications
A) Red Command B) São Paulo state military police C) Carandiru Syndicate D) Taubate Penitentiary guards
A) Mugging B) Soldier recruitment C) Communication between prisons D) Paying taxes
A) Less than 29 B) Exactly 6,000 C) Over 1,000,000 D) More than 140,000
A) A street in São Paulo B) Carandiru Penitentiary C) Rio de Janeiro D) Taubate Penitentiary |