Test One Flashcards
(20 cards)
Robert Merton says American culture is characterized by what?
pathological materialism
who theorized that all behavior, lawful or unlawful, is learned?
Sutherland
T/F social control refers to those processes in which the community influences its members to conform with their established norms
True
NY organized crime bosses are linked in an informal arrangement known as what?
The Commission
T/F Differential association theory argues that criminals organize their behavior according to the norms of their criminal group or subculture they identify with.
True
NY organized crime bosses are linked in an informal arrangement known as what?
The commission
Chicago organized crime bosses are linked in an informal arrangement known as what?
the outfit
1927 supreme court case that upheld the conviction of Al Capone on the IRS charges on unlawful income was what?
U.S. v. Sutherland
How did Rockefeller make his money?
Oil, railroads, gold
Who was one of the other robber barons?
Carnegie, Vanderbilt
What did immigrants posses when they came here, one commodity they had?
Their votes
Who was in the best position to influence the immigrants and their votes
The saloons
What does credentialing mean?
- Reputation, produces cooperation in the criminal world
What motivates organized crime traditionally?
Money and power
What is the hierarchical attribute?
Like a pyramid. At least three levels of command and control on top
T/F immigration in the US grew dramatically at the turn of the century predominantly in urban areas
True
How does organized crime keep going throughout the years
It Perpetuates itself and reinvents itself
T/P Persons with antisocial personality disorder suffer little or no guilt as a result of the social harm that they do?
True
T/F there is generally no acceptable definition of organized crime
True
Who was senator Keith Hoffer?
Said that organized crime was only Italians
