White Collar Crime
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Course Introduction
White Collar Crime explores non-violent offenses typically committed by individuals, businesses, or government officials in professional settings, focusing on acts such as fraud, embezzlement, insider trading, cybercrime, and corporate misconduct. The course examines historical and contemporary cases, legal frameworks, investigative techniques, and the societal impacts of these crimes. Students will analyze the motivations, methods, and consequences of white collar crime as well as preventative measures and policy implications, cultivating a comprehensive understanding of this significant area within the field of criminology and criminal justice.
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Profit Without Honor White Collar Crime and the Looting of America 6th Edition by Stephen M. Rosoff
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) The 1980s saw a dramatic increase in the incidence of white-collar crime.One of the reasons for the increase may have been:
A)support for collective welfare ideals.
B)increase in the quality of public schools.
C)government deregulation.
D)focus on non-material goals.
Answer: C
Q2) The term "white-collar" is based on:
A)the types of victims.
B)occupations of the perpetrator.
C)offenders' association with religion.
D)its association with factories and tradesmen.
Answer: B
Q3) Which is another term for a Ponzi scheme?
A)Reverse investment
B)Pyramid
C)Triangle
D)Upside-down
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Crimes Against Consumers
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Q1) The United States is one of the few countries that permit television advertising for products that target children.Most countries consider this to be:
A)illegal.
B)immoral.
C)dishonest.
D)disrespectful.
Answer: B
Q2) American Family Publishers used all of the following techniques to trick entrants except:
A)Free merchandise
B)Small print
C)YOU'RE OUR NEWEST $12 MILLION WINNER
D)Backgrounds that made print difficult to read
Answer: A
Q3) Telemarketing fraudsters tend to view their victims as ________________ in their plight.
Answer: deserving
Q4) Price-fixing is criminalized under the ________________Antitrust Act of 1890. Answer: Sherman
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Chapter 3: Unsafe Products
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Q1) Nicotine
A)Term that refers to products that are worthless
B)The company that faked quality control records for silicone breast implants
C)FDA-approved drug that is alleged to cause valvular heart disease
D)Fake drugs that are sold under the pretense of being legitimate
E)A drug alleged to cause birth defects in children of mothers who took the drug
F)Author of The Jungle, which depicted practices in the meat packing industry
G)A highly addictive drug additive
H)The company that marketed the Rely tampon which killed 38 women
Answer: G
Q2) Saline-filled implants have replaced silicone implants; however they are not without serious risks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Food has been regulated in the United States since the 19 Century.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Environmental Crime
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Q1) The Hooker Chemical Corporation dumped 20 million pounds of chemical waste that contaminated the Love Canal area. The chemical waste contained very dangerous levels of what substance?
A)Benzene and dioxin
B)Strychnine and chromium
C)E.coli and salmonella
D)Arsenic and belladonna
Q2) Whistleblowers at nuclear weapons facilities have been threatened with all of the following <b>except</b>:
A)being chased on a highway.
B)holes punched in their gloves.
C)negative references to future employers.
D)negative reporting to plant manager.
Q3) ________________ has been called the most widespread toxic substance in the nation.
Q4) Benzene and dioxin are the chemical wastes that contaminated the Love Canal area.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Beryllium is a strong lightweight metal used to encase ________________ weapons.
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Chapter 5: Institutional Corruption: Mass Media and Religion
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Q1) Faith healer Peter Popoff used all of the following tactics in his schemes <b>except</b>:
A)bibles attached to balloons.
B)encouraging people to throw medications on stage.
C)holy shower caps.
D)faking injuries and healing himself.
Q2) Henry Lyons, the president of the influential African American Protestant National Baptist Convention, was convicted of criminal wrongdoing for:
A)setting fire to his home for insurance proceeds.
B)stealing from his wife's family.
C)tricking corporations into paying for nonexistent membership lists.
D)tricking parishioners into contributing to the ministry.
Q3) Who in the 1930s argued that money was the yardstick used to measure achievement?
A)Merton
B)Durkheim
C)Sutherland
D)Hirschi
Q4) Talcott Parsons referred to institutions as the ________________ of society.
Q5) Faith healing is probably as ________________ as religion itself.
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Chapter 6: Securities Fraud
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Q1) Corporate restructuring usually means ________________.
Q2) Corporate restructuring means downsizing, which is a euphemism for large-scale layoffs and firings.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Some argue that the law has been ineffective in deterring insider trading because:
A)there is little incentive for whistleblowers to turn in wrongdoers.
B)there is no support from the business community.
C)of the risk/reward ratio.
D)the SEC is understaffed.
Q4) Paul Thayer used his position on corporate boards to get insider ________________.
Q5) Discuss the various approaches to eliminating or reducing insider trading.
Q6) Why is the economy considered the most important of all social institutions? How does security fraud affect the public's perception of the economy?
Q7) A form is insider trading is ________________ running.
Q8) Dennis Levine was involved in ________________ and acquisitions.
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Q9) What is insider trading and why is it considered a crime? Who are the victims?
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Chapter 7: Corporate Fraud
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Q1) A.Andersen was the whistleblower in the Enron case.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Arthur Andersen was the accounting firm that ________________ WorldCom's books.
Q3) Enron experienced the beginning of the end with major losses in the third quarter of 2001.The company had to explain a __________ loss to corporate credit-rating agencies.
A)$250 million
B)$638 million
C)$1 billion
D)$2 billion
Q4) During the Andersen criminal trial, the judge made a controversial ruling that was very adverse to the defendant.The court ruled that evidence of __________ could be admitted for consideration by the jury.
A)Andersen internal e-mails concerning the Enron partnerships
B)Andersen's history of willingness to agree with client demands and approve questionable financial statements
C)Andersen's discussions with Enron lawyers about how to conceal wrongdoing
D)Andersen's shredding of documents
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Chapter 8: Fiduciary Fraud
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Q1) An example of premium diversion would be:
A)using premiums to pay excessive salaries to executives.
B)using premiums to pay operating costs.
C)using premiums collected to pay claims.
D)failure to pay legitimate claims.
Q2) Estimates of the cost of the savings and loan disaster range from a mere ______________ to ______________.
A)$500 million; $20 billion
B)$500 billion; $750 billion
C)$200 billion; $1.4 trillion
D)$20 billion; $500 billion
Q3) A number of recognized Caribbean nations such as Belize, Dominica, and Grenada have offered economic citizenships, which have a lot in common with the offerings of nonexistent countries.
A)True
B)False
Q4) White-collar crime was <b>not</b> a key instrument in the savings and loan debacle.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Crimes by the Government
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Q1) An abuse of power by the CIA included always staying just inside the law.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Subjects for government medical studies included all of the following <b>except</b>:
A)addicts.
B)juvenile delinquents.
C)prostitutes.
D)petty criminals.
Q3) In the Tuskegee Study, what population was used in the study?
A)Asians
B)African Americans
C)Hispanics
D)Caucasians
Q4) FBI surveillance targets included all of the following <b>except</b>:
A)Helen Keller.
B)Justice Felix Frankfurter.
C)Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
D)Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
Q5) "Big corruption" is normalized government ________________.
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Chapter 10: Corruption of Public Officials
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Q1) Prosecutions of corrupt federal legislators have been divided into three categories. They include all of the following <b>except</b>:
A)violations of election laws.
B)payroll fraud.
C)bribery.
D)theft.
Q2) Congressional incumbents and electoral challengers have come to rely increasingly on ____________ interests to run for office.
Q3) "Little corruption" in the highest level of federal executive office has been:
A)rare.
B)occurring at regular intervals.
C)persistent.
D)nonexistent.
Q4) A former police officer once observed that police officers are the greatest ____________ in the world.
A)moochers
B)deadbeats
C)thieves
D)criminals
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Chapter 11: Medical Crime
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Q1) Which of the following activities could constitute research fraud?
A)Adjusting findings to support grant applications
B)Using animals to test harmful drugs
C)Not reporting findings
D)Taking grant money for questionable biological research
Q2) HMO selection of specialists and services based on providers in a network is referred to as "self-referral."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Fragmentation is where a number of charges can be made from what is usually one single less-expensive charge for services or procedures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe how fraud can be committed in medical equipment sales. What are the dangers for the public when this occurs?
Q5) Explain why the incidence of home care fraud has increased. What forms does it take and why is this crime difficult to investigate?
Q6) What is fertility fraud? Discuss how is victimized and how they are victimized.
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Chapter 12: Computer Crime
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Q1) Which one of the following crimes could <b>not</b> be classified as a computer crime?
A)Espionage
B)Scams
C)Assault
D)Sabotage
Q2) According to Cressey, embezzlers go through a process that includes all of the following <b>except</b>:
A)opportunity.
B)secret financial problem.
C)remorse.
D)rationalizing.
Q3) Mafiaboy got caught because he was traced through emails.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Reasons for the Nigerian scam include all of the following <b>except</b>:
A)it has a well-educated populace.
B)it is an oil-rich country with a healthy economy.
C)it uses English as a first language.
D)it is a well-populated country.
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Chapter 13: Conclusions
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Q1) Commentators have suggested that white-collar crime flourishes because of the ___________ reaction of law enforcement.
A)over-
B)dramatic
C)nonexistent
D)tepid
Q2) Economist Milton Freidman states that people are ___________ guided by rational self interest in free markets.
A)self-interested consumers
B)utility maximizers
C)do-gooders
D)selfish citizens
Q3) One of the five common techniques to annul guilt is condemning the condemners, where:
A)perpetrators claim to be victims.
B)perpetrators claim that those injured deserved what happened to them.
C)perpetrators claim that there has been no direct suffering.
D)perpetrators claim to be trying to achieve a more important purpose.
Q4) Distinguish between corporate crime and occupational crime. Give examples of each.
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