Across
- 1. A strategy combining the removal of violent gang members from a community with long-term community development. (3 words)
- 5. Programs that expose at-risk youth to examples of prison life and other consequences of criminal behaviour, along with testimonials from convicts. (2 words)
- 6. Research studies that involves long-term observation of specific variables, often across decades (for example, cohort studies).
- 9. Criminal activity commonly related to gangs that typically involves obtaining money through acts such as extortion, bribery, illegal gambling, and loan sharking.
- 10. The state of being criminal; criminal acts or practices.
Down
- 2. The crime of demanding money from someone using force or threats.
- 3. Efforts to eliminate gangs or significantly reduce gang-related crime through a process of deterrence and incapacitation. (2 words)
- 4. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. (Abbreviation)
- 7. Group structure built around easily identified leaders and followers; in gangs, the hierarchy often determines the roles, obligations, and rewards of members.
- 8. A criminal organization, often highly organized and with many partnerships, involved primarily in the trafficking of illegal drugs.