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Law and Society explores the dynamic relationship between legal systems and the societies they serve. This course examines how laws originate, evolve, and influence social norms, behaviors, and institutions. Key topics include the role of law in shaping social order, addressing inequality, and resolving conflicts, as well as the impact of cultural values, politics, and economic factors on legal frameworks. Through case studies and critical analysis, students gain a deeper understanding of how legal processes interact with various facets of everyday life and reflect broader societal changes.
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Trusted Criminals White Collar Crime In Contemporary Society 4th Edition by David
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Chapter 1: The Discovery of White Collar Crime
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Q1) A general consensus has been reached on the definition of white collar crime.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following does not have a reputation as a progressive or liberal publication promoting investigative journalism?
A) Mother Jones
B) Multinational Monitor
C) USA Today
D) The Nation
Answer: C
Q3) Whistleblowers tend to be conservative people, dedicated to their work.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Sutherland's definition of white collar crime emphasized the respectability and relatively high status of those who commit it.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost
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Q1) The methodology that has been least readily applied to the study of white collar crime is the:
A) experiment
B) survey
C) case study
D) analysis of official data
Answer: A
Q2) No survey has yet been conducted to study the reasoning of federal judges during the sentencing process for white collar offenders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Since the 1970s, the unit of analysis in white collar crime studies has increasingly shifted from the:
A) organization to the individual
B) individual to the organization
C) state to the individual
D) individual to the state
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Corporate Crime
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Q1) According to the text, the air pollution problem in Los Angeles can at least partially be attributed to:
A) the building of too many auto factories in the area
B) the use of high-polluting buses in Los Angeles
C) the deliberate efforts of automobile companies to limit the growth of public transportation
D) the lack of application of the 1970 Clean Air Act to Los Angeles
Answer: C
Q2) The major response to false advertising has taken the form of:
A) civil lawsuits
B) criminal prosecutions
C) banning of products
D) requiring a modification or discontinuation of a misleading advertisement campaign
Answer: D
Q3) Fines rather than prison sentences have been the most common disposition in criminal cases involving corporate pollution.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Occupational Crime and Avocational Crime
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Q1) The claim of the professions to have a "calling" is principally associated with the idea that:
A) you can only enter the professions if you are invited to do so
B) they have an obligation to use their specialized knowledge on behalf of the common good
C) the pursuit of financial gain is inappropriate
D) the autonomy of experts cannot be compromised
Q2) The major types of avocational white collar crime are income tax evasion and insurance fraud.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Susanne Karstedt and Stephen Farrall make the point that politicians promote tough criminal justice policies on behalf of a "law abiding majority," many of whose members never violate any laws.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The conditions conducive to employee theft vary quite widely between occupations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political
White Collar Crime
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Q1) Terrorism has often been carried out by agents of the state.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Since World War II the claim of corruption at the core of the state has:
A) applied to a very limited number of states
B) principally focused on states in the industrialized West
C) been especially directed at Third World nations
D) not contributed to the downfall of regimes
Q3) How many people died in the 20 century worldwide, by some estimates, as a result of deliberate state actions?
A) 35 million
B) 70 million
C) 350 million
D) 700 million
Q4) According to the text, the worst of all crimes in terms of physical harm to human beings have been governmental crimes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime
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Q1) Which of the following global crimes was partially financed by the World Bank?
A) CIA involvement in Latin America
B) The Great Whale Dam Project in Quebec
C) The overthrowing of Chile's democratically elected president Salvador Allende
D) The Dam at Pak Moon in Thailand
Q2) According to the text, bank regulators have often been closely allied with bank directors and have promoted banking interests rather than the protection of bank customers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text, banks have unethically and illegally deprived customers of far more money than bank robbers and embezzlers have stolen from banks.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following can be said with regard to insider trading?
A) It is an odd, impure form of white collar crime
B) It is in all respects a modern offense
C) It has been prohibited by common law since ancient times
D) It should not be prohibited at all, according to some conservative economists
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Chapter 7: Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime
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Q1) Arson-for-profit crimes are a form of enterprise crime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The question of whether professional crime is in decline can be answered very easily.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Criminologist Donald Cressey has speculated that at some point in the early 21 century we will no longer be able to tell the difference between white collar crime and organized crime.Do you agree with this statement, and if so, why? Do you see the line blurring anywhere else, such as between white collar crime and professional crime, or white collar crime and corporate or occupational crime? Please explain your answers and provide specific examples if applicable.
Q4) The CIA enlisted the help of syndicated crime in the 1960s in its attempt to do which of the following?
A) Undermine democratic elections in Spain under Franco
B) Stabilize Fidel Castro's position in Cuba
C) Overthrow Cuba's Fidel Castro
D) Promote democratic elections in Nicaragua under Noriega
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Chapter 8: Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts
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Q1) What type of theory focuses on how a fraud spreads among investors via social networks?
A) Network
B) Diffusion
C) Differential
D) Interactionist
Q2) With regard to the relationship between white collar crime and personality:
A) most white collar offenders have been shown to have abnormal personalities
B) most white collar offenders appear to fall within the range of normal personality types
C) white collar offenders will always be more prone to risk-taking than non- offenders
D) white collar offenders will always be more oriented toward conformity than nonoffenders
Q3) The theories in this chapter reflect one understanding of the term theory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Organizations may be said to create opportunities for illegal conduct. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime
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Q1) In the latter part of the 19th century, corporate lawyers invoked the Fourteenth Amendment's "due process" clause to ward off federal attempts to regulate business.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The view that a corporate "personality" or "ethos" can be blamed for illegal corporate activities has been widely adopted by law-making bodies and courts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text, which of the following is true?
A) The need for formal social control has diminished in modern times
B) The opportunities for white collar crime were greater in traditional societies
C) Informal social control is less effective in traditional than in modern societies
D) Many of the worst white collar crimes were committed by the powerful who did not have incentives to impose formal controls on their own predatory practices
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Chapter 10: Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime
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Q1) Distinguish between economic regulation and social regulation.What were the original objectives of regulation, and which historical factors have shaped the development of regulation? What are the principal arguments on both sides of the historical debate about regulation?
Q2) The majority of corporate private security is devoted to preventing and investigating white collar crime.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Federal policing agencies make the least substantial response to white collar crime of all policing agencies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Federal criminal prosecutions in white collar crime cases are initiated by which of the following?
A) The Department of Justice or U.S. Attorneys
B) Federal regulatory agencies
C) Federal investigative agencies
D) The Inspector Generals
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Chapter 11: Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime
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Q1) In the relatively few cases in which state prosecutors pursue corporations, they often do so in a cooperative venture with local and federal prosecutors in a process known as:
A) crossing boundaries
B) cross-referral
C) cross designation
D) cross-pursuit
Q2) Unlike conventional offenders, white collar offenders are not seen as especially suitable for probation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Local prosecutors have traditionally directed much more attention to conventional street crime cases than to white collar crime cases.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Prison sentences in antitrust cases have been quite common.
A)True
B)False
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