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