Asked by Wannie Davis on Sep 26, 2024

The history of ethnic succession in organized crime suggests that an ethnic gang has to go through several stages before it can attain supremacy.Which of the following is NOT one of those stages?

A) Common street criminals get together to extort or otherwise victimize residents of their own neighborhood.
B) The intervention and sponsorship of one group by another,more successful ethnic organized crime group.
C) Different gangs are compelled to compete with one another in dominating the crime scene.
D) Gangs resolve their conflict by forming a larger crime organization that allocates turfs to gangs and settles intergang disputes through peaceful means.

Ethnic Succession

A theory suggesting that different ethnic groups move into, and subsequently out of, low-status and often criminally associated roles as part of a cyclical process driven by social and economic forces.

Extort

To obtain something through force, threats, or intimidation.

Sponsored

Supported financially by another party (often a company) in exchange for advertising or promoting their products or interests.

  • Recognize the effects of ethnic succession on the dynamics of organized crime.