Organized Crime 10th Edition by Howard Abadinsky - Test Bank

Organized Crime 10th Edition by Howard Abadinsky – Test Bank

 

Instant Download – Complete Test Bank With Answers

 

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

CHAPTER FIVE

Italian Organized Crime and the Albanian Connection

Test Bank

 

 

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. The southern Italians developed an ideal of:
2. manliness
3. omertá
4. vendetta
5. all of these

 

ANS: D                             LO: 1                           REF: 106

 

2. Members of the Mafia refer to the organization as _____________?
3. Omertá
4. Vendetta
5. Cosa Nostra
6. Capo di Famiglia

 

ANS: C                             LO: 4                           REF: 113

 

3. Which one of the following statements is false?
4. Mafia is a state of mind.
5. Mafia is a secret criminal organization.
6. The mafia originated in Sicily.
7. Mafia is a way of life.

 

ANS: B                             LO: 2                           REF: 108 | 109

 

4. Every Mafioso demands what?
5. Extortion money
6. Rispetto
7. Capomafioso
8. Blood money

 

ANS: B                             LO: 2 | 4                      REF: 111

 

5. At the end of World War II, which group emerged?
6. The Outfit
7. The Firm
8. The Nuovo Mafia
9. The Mezzogiorno

 

ANS: C                             LO: 4                           REF: 113 | 114 | 115

6. Which historical figure’s rise had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime?
7. Stalin
8. Hitler
9. Pope John IX
10. Mussolini

 

ANS: D                             LO: 3                           REF: 112

 

7. To which crimes did the Cosa Nostra resort to accumulate the capital necessary to be a player in the heroin and cocaine marketplaces?
8. Extortion and smuggling
9. Murder hits and money laundering
10. Robbery and kidnapping
11. Prostitution and gambling

 

ANS: C                             LO: 4                           REF: 125

 

8. According to Barzini, which level of organization within the Mafia consists of a group of several families who come together to form a cosca?
9. The first level
10. The second level
11. The third level
12. The fourth level

 

ANS: B                             LO: 4                           REF: 109

 

9. Which of the following has become a primary alternative to traditional Balkan smuggling routes through the former Yugoslavia?
10. The Mezzogiorno
11. The Puglia (Apulia) region at the heel of the Italian boot
12. Albania
13. Sicily

 

ANS: C                             LO: 8                           REF: 127

 

10. In Sicily, at least how many people are directly tied to the Mafia?
11. 500,000
12. 1 million
13. 2 million
14. 3 million

 

ANS: A                             LO: 4                           REF: 116

 

 

11. To a mafioso, rispetto is:
12. a demonstration of affection
13. a show of good manners
14. an acknowledgement of power
15. a representation of protection

 

ANS: C                             LO: 2 | 4                      REF: 111

 

12. What does the word cosca refer to?
13. the globe’s heart
14. friends of friends
15. a broker
16. the leaves of an artichoke

 

ANS: D                             LO: 4                           REF: 109

 

13. The New Mafia has a membership in excess of how many members?
14. 5,000
15. 10,000
16. 15,000
17. 20,000

 

ANS: A                             LO: 4                           REF: 115

 

14. The New Mafia is divided into about how many cosche?
15. 18
16. 180
17. 1800
18. 18,000

 

ANS: B                             LO: 4                           REF: 115

 

15. What does the term camorra mean?
16. “honorable thieves”

b “contestation”

1. “secret”
2. “brotherhood”

 

ANS: B                             LO: 5                           REF: 119

 

16. An estimated three-quarters of what product sold in Naples originate in the black market?
17. cigarettes
18. guns
19. blue jeans
20. gasoline

 

ANS: A                             LO: 5                           REF: 120

17. During the postwar era, many Sicilian Mafiosi were forced into “internal exile” to live in which of the following cities?
18. Naples
19. Rome
20. Florence
21. Venice

 

ANS: A                             LO: 3 | 4 | 5                 REF: 120

 

18. Which of the following rules a collection of some of the most ruthless Camorra clans in Naples?
19. a priest
20. a Mafioso
21. a woman
22. the mayor of the city

 

ANS: B                             LO: 1                           REF: 121

 

19. To the Camorra, which of the following is crucial?
20. omertà
21. secrecy
22. territorial control
23. religious ideology

 

ANS: C                             LO: 5                           REF: 123

 

20. The principal industry of the Neapolitan Camorra was:
21. kidnapping
22. burglary
23. extortion
24. international arms smuggling

 

ANS: C                             LO: 5                           REF: 119

 

21. Members of the ‘Ndrangheta must do what to be admitted?
22. cut off a finger
23. tattoo most of their bodies
24. take a blood oath
25. commit five murders

 

ANS: C                             LO: 6                           REF: 123

 

 

22. The ‘Ndrangheta exhibits its criminal skills in all but which of the following?
23. kidnapping
24. vast-scale international arms trafficking
25. extortion
26. all of these

 

ANS: D                             LO: 6                           REF: 125

 

23. Salvatore Riina is known by what name?
24. “the Policeman”
25. “the Butcher”
26. “the Bull”
27. “the Beast”

 

ANS: D                             LO: 4                           REF: 115

 

24. _______ are very violent; their major source of income derives from trafficking in economic migrants, women, children, drugs, contraband, weapons, and automobiles.
25. Italian Crime Groups
26. Mexican Crime Groups
27. Albanian Crime Groups
28. American Crime Groups

 

ANS: C                             LO: 9                           REF: 127

 

25. Which of the following is not a type of criminal organization in Italy?
26. The Mafia
27. The ‘Ndrangheta
28. The Neapolitan Camorra
29. The Outfit

 

ANS: D                             LO: 1                           REF: 106

 

26. In 1860, Italy was freed of foreign rule and united by:
27. Giuseppe Garibaldi
28. Luciana Leggio
29. Salvatore Riina
30. Vito Genovese

 

ANS: C                             LO: 1 | 2                      REF: 108

 

 

27. Which of the following means protection against the arrogance of the powerful, remedy to any damage, sturdiness of body, strength and serenity of spirit, and the best and most exquisite part of life?
28. Omertá
29. Mafia
30. Cosa Nostra
31. Capo di Famiglia

 

ANS: B                             LO: 1 | 2                      REF: 109

 

28. Who did Mussolini send to take down the Mafia?
29. Luiana Leggio
30. Prefect Cesare Mori
31. Vito Genovese
32. Giuseppe Garibaldi

 

ANS: B                             LO: 3                           REF: 112

 

29. Which of the following was the last of the old-style capomafiosi?
30. Don Calò
31. Luiana Leggio
32. Vito Genovese
33. Giuseppe Garibaldi

 

ANS: A                             LO: 4                           REF: 113

 

 

TRUE/FALSE

 

1. Mussolini’s rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

 

ANS: T                              LO: 3                           REF: 112

 

2. The end of World War II brought a Mafia renaissance in the United States as a vacuum in local leadership was filled by former capomafiosi.

 

ANS: F                              LO: 3                           REF: 113

 

3. While burglary and other remunerative felonies were not neglected, extortion was the Camorra’s principal industry.

 

ANS: T                              LO: 5                           REF: 119

 

4. The Mafia has little voting strength in Sicily.

 

ANS: F                              LO: 4                           REF: 116

5. The cosca’s rigid organization makes it an inflexible bureaucracy.

 

ANS: F                              LO: 4                           REF: 109 | 110

 

6. Excesses at home, a vigorous government response, and the increasing number of informers have weakened the Mafia.

 

ANS: T                              LO: 4                           REF: 117 | 118

 

7. As a result of the assassinations of government officials, the New Mafia has gained the support of important elements of Italian society.

 

ANS: F                              LO: 4                           REF: 117

 

8. The New Mafia has a membership in excess of five thousand.

 

ANS: T                              LO: 1                           REF: 115

 

9. A collection of some of the most ruthless Camorra clans in Naples is ruled by a woman.

 

ANS: T                              LO: 1                           REF: 121

 

 

FILL IN THE BLANK

 

1. ______________ is a Sicilian-Arabic term meaning to protect and to act as guardian.

 

ANS: Mafia                                               LO: 2                           REF: 109

 

2. ______________rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

 

ANS: Mussolini’s                                      LO: 3                           REF: 112

 

3. The members of the ‘Ndrangheta are governed by the concept of _____________.

 

ANS: omerta                                             LO: 6                           REF: 123

4. The Nuovo Mafia emerged after ______________.

 

ANS: World War II                                  LO: 3 | 4                      REF: 113

 

5. The New Mafia is also known as ______________.

 

ANS: Cosa Nostra                                    LO: 4                           REF: 113

 

6. The New Mafia continues the ______________ which is the collection of protection money from large and small businesses.

 

ANS: pizzu                                                LO: 4                           REF: 114

 

7. The traditional Mafia pursued ________________, not wealth.

 

ANS: power                                              LO: 1 | 2                      REF: 117

 

8. The Mezzogiornio was dependent on _______________ and had a legacy of political, social, and economic repression and exploitation.

 

ANS: agriculture                                       LO: 1                           REF: 106

 

9. ___________ play important roles in business operations in the Sacra Corona Unita.

 

ANS: women                                            LO: 1                           REF: 126

 

10. The ___________ was deliberately structured as a criminal society.

 

ANS: Camorra                                          LO: 1                           REF: 119

 

 

ESSAY

 

1. Explain the following statement: Mafia is a state of mind, a way of life – not a secret criminal organization.

 

ANS:  Mafia is shared by all Sicilians, the honest and the criminal:  “they must aid each other, side with their friends, and fight the common enemies even when the friends are wrong and the enemies are right; each must defend his dignity at all costs and never allow the smallest slight to go unavenged; they must keep secrets and beware of official authorities and laws.”

 

LO: 1 | 2                         REF: 109

 

2. Discuss why Mussolini’s rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

 

ANS:  Mussolini sought to destroy the Mafia. The campaign against the Mafia drove some important mafiosi out of Sicily. They traveled to the United States at an opportune time, during the Prohibition era, and took up important positions in a newly emerging form of organized crime.

 

LO: 3                              REF: 112

 

3. Discuss two or three differences between the Nuovo Mafia and the “Old Mafia.”

 

ANS:  Agrarian reform in Italy broke up the landed estates and did away with the traditional capomafioso who lived off agricultural profits, theft of cattle, control over water supplies, and peasant labor. “The new Mafia was making deals in luxury hotels, in the offices of multinational corporations, and the well-appointed studies of politicians” (Costanzo 2007: 139). They were becoming increasingly urban–by 1987, there were eighteen cosche in Palermo (Maran 2008).

 

LO: 4                              REF: 114

 

4. Discuss the relationship between politics and the Mafia in Sicily.

 

ANS:  Italy is home to three world powers: the Italian government, the Catholic Church, and the Mafia, of which the government is the feeblest. Mafia voting strength is based on the circle of family and friends that each mafioso can deliver.

 

LO: 4                              REF: 116

 

5. How has the Nuovo Mafia contributed to the decline of the Mafia in Sicily?

 

ANS:  Since 1971, the Nuovo Mafia has assassinated investigative, judicial, and political officials.  This violence alienated the Catholic church and the people, and brought government forces to bear against the mafia.

 

LO: 4                              REF: 117

 

6. What is the Albanian connection to Italian organized crime?

 

ANS:  Since 1992, ethnic Albanian organized crime groups have profited greatly from instability and war in the Balkans to become the fastest growing ethnic criminal presence in Europe, with operations reaching as far as Australia and the United States (LaVerle et al. 2003). Albanian influence in the Mezzogiorno dates back to the migration of Albanians driven from their country by the Ottoman invasion in the fifteenth century. Known as arbresheri, many settled in Calabria and Sicily where they quickly integrated with the existing culture of southern Italy (Bequai 1979).

Once the most isolated country in Europe, Albania became a haven for local and foreign criminal groups after the collapse of its Stalinist regime in the early 1990s.

 

LO: 8 | 9                         REF: 126 | 127 | 128 | 129

 

 

7. What is the organizational structure of the ’Ndrangheta?

 

ANS: ‘Ndrangheta is a loose federation of mafia families.  Clans are based on blood ties, allowing for a high degree of internal cohesion which protects against informants.

 

LO: 6                              REF: 124

 

8. What is omertá? Define the term’s meaning in southern Italy region of Mezzogiorno and briefly tell its implications for men in that region.

 

ANS:  Omertá is the southern Italian ideal of manliness.  It includes non-cooperation with authorities (vow of silence), self-control in the face of adversity, and the vendetta—“blood washes blood”—which dictated that any offense or slight to the famiglia (family) had to be avenged, no matter what the consequences or how long it took.

 

LO: 1                              REF: 106

 

9. What is a famiglia in the culture of the Mezzogiorno? Who are the members of a famiglia?

 

ANS:  A famiglia s composed of all of one’s blood relatives; including all relatives Americans would consider very distant cousins, aunts, and uncles, an extended clan whose genealogy was traced through paternity.  The clan was supplemented through an important comparático or comparaggio (godparenthood), through which carefully selected outsiders became, to an important (but incomplete) extent, members of the family.

 

LO: 1                              REF: 106

 

10. Why do Albanian transnational organized crime groups prefer to reside in Albania, when they could live in Italy or elsewhere around the world?

 

ANS: In Albania, they benefit from a weak and corrupt justice system.  “Albania is an origin and transit country.  The criminal elements can take advantage of the instability, corruption and lack of organization and resources of the Albanian law enforcement entities. Illicit funds are laundered back into Albania from abroad to purchase and develop choice properties suspiciously acquired during the privatization program.”

 

LO: 9                              REF: 127