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GPSTC Exam 10 Questions and Answers

What are some activities associated with organized crime? - Answers -gambling, loan-
sharking, financial crimes, drugs, credit card fraud, computer fraud, money laundering,
etc.

What is the RICO statue? - Answers -OCGA 16-14; pattern of racketeering activity with
2 or more people commit, attempt to commit, solicit, coerce, or intimidate another
person to commit any crime

What is the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention statute? - Answers -OCGA 16-15;
any person employed by or associated with a criminal street gang to conduct or
participate in criminal gang activity through the commission of any offense highlighted in
Code Section 16-15-3; three or more persons, formal or informal, and one crime

What is a racketeering crime? - Answers -person on person crime, person on property
crime, any drug charge, and any weapons charge

What is the main age range that are targeted for being recruited into a gang? - Answers
-8-22

Why do many people join gangs? - Answers -lack of parental authority and looking for
acceptance

What is organized crime? - Answers -when two or more individuals conspire to violate
criminal laws for profit

What are problems that law enforcement faces with street gangs? - Answers -self-
esteem, intimidation ability, economic prowess, and subculture

What criteria should be met in order for a crime to be considered gang related? -
Answers -incident occurs where the participants, suspects, or victims are identified as
gangs members or affiliates
law enforcement agency or reliable informant identifies an incident as gang activity
an informant of previously untested reliability identifies an incident as gang activity and it
is corroborated
the conduct is consistent with street gang activity

What are 5 domains of risk factors when it comes to youth joining a gang? - Answers -
community (presence in the neighborhood), family(broken homes), school(academic
failure), peer group(high commitment to delinquent peers & low commitment to positive
peers), and individual(prior delinquency)

, What are 4 levels of gang involvement? - Answers -leaders (oldest members
w/extensive criminal backgrounds), hard-core members (lives revolve around the gang),
associates (associate w/the gang for status and recognition), and peripheral (youngest
and newest members)

What are common gang identifiers? - Answers -graffiti, hand signs, tattoos, colors,
clothing, jewelry, and street names

What gangs are very secretive and keep a low profile? - Answers -satanic gangs

What is occult crime? - Answers -any criminal activity that is part of a religious practice
(inspired by a person's religious beliefs-committed under color of religion)

What are hate gangs? - Answers -i.e. skin heads. They believe totally in their cause and
will act quickly when threatened by the forces opposed to their cause

What crimes do motorcycle gangs engage in? - Answers -weapons & drug trafficking,
drug manufacturing, assault, extortion, homicide, money laundering, and kidnapping

How many different schedules of drugs are there? - Answers -5

If someone has 1oz or less of drugs, what will they be charged with? - Answers -
misdemeanor

If someone has more than 1oz of drugs, what will they be charged with? - Answers -
felony

What determines if someone will be charged with trafficking? - Answers -the weight that
is found (10 pounds of marijuana, 28 grams of cocaine/meth, and 4 grams or heroin)

What is a covert drug investigation? - Answers -when someone is undercover

What is a overt drug investigation? - Answers -regular patrol

What are the 3 types of liability? - Answers -civil, criminal, and administrative

What are 3 agency liability? - Answers -negligent hiring, negligent retention, and failure
to train

What are elements in tort actions? - Answers -owed a duty to plaintiff, breach that duty,
injury to plaintiff, proximate cause of injury-direct connection between the breach and
the injury, and plaintiff must prove amount of damage (receipts)

What are categories of state torts? - Answers -intentional and negligent

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