1. In regard to drug trafficking, what do scholars call the northern border areas of Thailand, Burma, and Laos?

Group of answer choices

Golden Crescent

bank secrecy coalition

cartel country

Golden Triangle

2. According to the text, which types of gang members view illegal drug sales as their career?

Group of answer choices

new jacks

homeboys

legits

dope fiends

3. A researcher uses both qualitative interviews and quantitative analysis to understand criminal behavior. This use of multiple methodologies in the same study is referred to as ______.

Group of answer choices

phenomenology

triangulation

ethnography

grounded theory

4. Which of the following types of organized crime is committed for psychological gratification?

Group of answer choices

political-social organized crime

syndicate crime

mercenary organized crime

in-group-oriented organized crime

5. A member of an organized crime syndicate is charged with illegally acquiring money and then using that money to buy legitimate businesses across Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee. Which of the following is this person being charged with violating?

Group of answer choices

RICO

Robber Baron Act

Hobbs Act

Mafia Regulation Act

6. Which of the following types of organized crime refers to crimes that prey on unwilling victims and are committed by groups for direct personal profit?

Group of answer choices

syndicate crime

mercenary organized crime

political-social organized crime

in-group-oriented organized crime

7. The ______ was established in 1970 and has given the government extensive leeway in pursuing criminal enterprises that are undertaken by organized units.

Group of answer choices

RICO statute

Money Laundering Act

criminal conduct code

Department of Justice

8. Which of the following is a term primarily used to refer to Japanese organized crime syndicates?

Group of answer choices

Yakuza

Triad

La Costa Notra

Mafiya