Drug Dealers
Money and Jobs
Risk
Gang Structure
Big Ideas
100

Many drug dealers live here instead of fancy houses.

What is with their moms?

100

The people at the bottom of the gang earn this.

What is less than minimum wage?

100

Being a drug dealer is very this.

What is dangerous?

100

The person in charge of a gang’s business

What is the boss/leader?

100

Most drug dealers are not this

What is rich?

200

The main illegal product sold in the chapter

What is crack cocaine?

200

Most of the money in a gang goes to this person.

Who is the leader/boss?

200

A big risk for street dealers is this

What is being arrested?

200

These people work for the boss and help run the gang.

Who are lieutenants?

200

The book uses real numbers to show how gangs work.

What is data?

300

The person at the top of the gang is called this.

What is the boss?

300

This type of job is described as dangerous and low paid.

What is a street dealer?

300

The chance of getting rich for most dealers is this.

What is very small?

300

The lowest level members of a gang.

Who are foot soldiers?

300

The reason many people stay in dangerous jobs.

What is hope for a big reward?

400

Most people in a gang make this much money.

What is very little?

400

The hope for moving up in a gang is like this kind of competition.

What is a tournament?

400

Gangs use this to keep control

What is violence?

400

Gangs are organized like this kind of business.

What is a corporation?

400

This is much riskier than it looks in movies

What is drug dealing?

500

The reason many people join gangs

What is to get rich or have power?

500

Many low-level gang members live here.

What is at home (with family)?

500

Many dealers end up with this

What is jail or injury?

500

The person who studied the gang’s finances in the chapter.

Who is Sudhir Venkatesh?

500

The best way to understand something is to look at this.

What is the facts or the data?