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1
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Robert Merton says American culture is characterized by what?

A

pathological materialism

2
Q

who theorized that all behavior, lawful or unlawful, is learned?

A

Sutherland

3
Q

T/F social control refers to those processes in which the community influences its members to conform with their established norms

A

True

4
Q

NY organized crime bosses are linked in an informal arrangement known as what?

A

The Commission

5
Q

T/F Differential association theory argues that criminals organize their behavior according to the norms of their criminal group or subculture they identify with.

A

True

6
Q

NY organized crime bosses are linked in an informal arrangement known as what?

A

The commission

7
Q

Chicago organized crime bosses are linked in an informal arrangement known as what?

A

the outfit

8
Q

1927 supreme court case that upheld the conviction of Al Capone on the IRS charges on unlawful income was what?

A

U.S. v. Sutherland

9
Q

How did Rockefeller make his money?

A

Oil, railroads, gold

10
Q

Who was one of the other robber barons?

A

Carnegie, Vanderbilt

11
Q

What did immigrants posses when they came here, one commodity they had?

A

Their votes

12
Q

Who was in the best position to influence the immigrants and their votes

A

The saloons

13
Q

What does credentialing mean?

A
  • Reputation, produces cooperation in the criminal world
14
Q

What motivates organized crime traditionally?

A

Money and power

15
Q

What is the hierarchical attribute?

A

Like a pyramid. At least three levels of command and control on top

16
Q

T/F immigration in the US grew dramatically at the turn of the century predominantly in urban areas

A

True

17
Q

How does organized crime keep going throughout the years

A

It Perpetuates itself and reinvents itself

18
Q

T/P Persons with antisocial personality disorder suffer little or no guilt as a result of the social harm that they do?

A

True

19
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T/F there is generally no acceptable definition of organized crime

A

True

20
Q

Who was senator Keith Hoffer?

A

Said that organized crime was only Italians