White Collar Crime Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
White Collar Crime explores the nature, causes, and consequences of non-violent crimes committed by individuals, businesses, and government officials in the course of their professional activities. The course examines various types of offenses such as fraud, embezzlement, insider trading, bribery, identity theft, and regulatory violations. Students will analyze landmark cases, legal frameworks, investigative techniques, and enforcement strategies, as well as the broader social, economic, and ethical implications of white collar criminality. By integrating theory with real-world examples, the course provides a comprehensive understanding of how white collar crimes differ from traditional crimes and the challenges these offenses pose to detection, prosecution, and prevention.
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Organized Crime 11th Edition by Howard Abadinsky
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Organized Crime
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Q1) _______________ organized crime refers to self-perpetuating criminal organizations that operate across national boundaries.
A)State-sponsored
B)Transnational
C)Global
D)Multinational
Answer: B
Q2) As opposed to organized crime,______________ is inherently political,and as such it is relative to one's political view.
Answer: terrorism
Q3) Both terrorist groups and criminal organizations use compartmentalization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) A criminal network typically functions within a subcultural environment often referred to as a(n)_________________.
Answer: underworld
Q5) The goals of an organized crime group are _____________ and _____________.
Answer: money,power
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Chapter 2: Explanations for Organized Crime
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Q1) Leaders of organized criminal enterprises maintain formal and informal political,economic,and religious ties that provide:
A)legitimate opportunities.
B)illegitimate opportunities.
C)both illegitimate and legitimate opportunities.
D)gangster chic.
Answer: C
Q2) To a great extent,the environment inhabited by organized crime reinforces antisocial behavior and frequently ridicules conventional,conforming behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) According to learning theory,antisocial behavior is sometimes the result of learning-positive and negative reinforcement-directly from others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: United States
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Q1) Mafia bosses are linked in a rather informal arrangement known as the ________________.
Answer: commission
Q2) Another name for the infamous El Salvadorian street gang MS-13 is:
A)Banditos.
B)Neustra Familia.
C)Los Mara.
D)Latin Kings.
Answer: C
Q3) In the New York model of the American Mafia,each of the bosses of their respective families is entirely disconnected from the other bosses,which allows for each to grow their own criminal empire.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) MS-13 has thousands of members and tends to operate state-side in the U.S.only in large urban cities exclusively.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Italy and Albania
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Q1) The Mezzogiorno was traditionally dependent on _____________ as a source of income,and had a legacy of political,social,and economic repression and exploitation.
Q2) Discuss why Benito Mussolini's rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.
Q3) Today,which of the following rules a number of some of the most ruthless Camorra clans in Naples?
A)defrocked Catholic priests
B)the Mafioso
C)a woman
D)former Italian police officers
Q4) The cosca's rigid organization makes it an inflexible bureaucracy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Who did Benito Mussolini send to take down the Mafia?
A)Luciano Leggio
B)Prefect Cesare Mori
C)Vito Genovese
D)Giuseppe Garibaldi
Q6) The New Mafia is also known as _____________.
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Chapter 5: Colombia and Mexico
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Q1) What type of organizational structures do Colombian criminal organizations have?
A)subcultural traditional
B)Sicilian Mafia-style
C)bureaucratic
D)open
Q2) In the early 1990s,Mexican criminal organizations struck a deal with the _____________,whose cocaine they moved from Mexico into the United States on a contract basis.
Q3) What are narcocorridos?
A)low level drug mules
B)ballads that glorify drug trafficking
C)drug trafficking routes
D)cigars laced with methamphetamine
Q4) The acronym for "People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar" is:
A)Los PPPE.
B)Los P2PE.
C)Los PEPES.
D)Los P3E.
Q5) Explain how and why Mexican cartels became involved with methamphetamine.
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Q6) Describe the evolution of the Colombian drug business.
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Chapter 6: Russia and the Former Soviet Union
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Q1) Russian criminals who come to the United States typically possess martial skills learned in the military and some degree of advanced education.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What does the term "Vory v zakone" mean?
A)"good for nothing"
B)"hall or gathering place"
C)"thieves with a code of honor"
D)"men of violence"
Q3) Explain the history of the vory,including who they are and what they represent.Next,what happened to the vory during WWII?
Q4) Durkheim's concept of _____________ fits Russia's present day situation of social unrest.
Q5) The breeding and training ground for Russian organized crime was established during the Soviet _____________ era.
Q6) _____________ is an acronym for the Russian prison service and a term used to identify penal colonies.
Q7) How did the collapse of the Soviet Union change Russian organized crime?
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Chapter 7: Asia
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Q1) Which of the following has the largest Chinese community in the United States?
A)New York's Chinatown
B)San Francisco's Chinatown
C)Chicago's Chinatown
D)Los Angeles' Chinatown
Q2) The infamous Triad group known as the _____________ has its origins in Communist China's Red Guard,Mao's personal militia established to enforce the "Great Cultural Revolution."
Q3) Yakuza members are usually well-educated,white-collar professionals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Resignation or expulsion is accomplished with a _____________ or "red letter" to all members of the boryokudan,which signals that the person is no longer a member.
A)Kumiin
B)Yakuza
C)Homojo
D)Jun-kumiin
Q5) _____________ were first established in San Francisco in the 1850s as benevolent societies.
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Chapter 8: Africa
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Q1) Nigerian cells target financial institutions through credit card fraud.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Although Nigeria produces no precursor chemicals or drugs that have a significant impact on the United States,Nigeria is a major trafficking hub and the base for criminal organizations responsible for a significant amount of which drug used in the United States?
A)K2
B)heroin
C)methamphetamine
D)cocaine
Q3) Which criminal entrepreneurs are the most significant of African criminal groups and operate in more than 80 different countries throughout the world?
A)Algerian
B)Angolan
C)Nigerian
D)Namibian
Q4) What variables make West Africa attractive for the development of organized crime?
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Chapter 9: Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
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Q1) In 1948,in the Fontana area of San Bernardino County,dedicated outlaws from the POBOBs formed a new group and adopted what name favored by fighter pilots and bomber crews in the world wars?
A)Hell's Angels
B)Outlaws
C)Bandidos
D)Pagans
Q2) In the Hell's Angels,having been employed,or even having sought employment,in which fields precludes consideration for membership?
A)education
B)law enforcement
C)the medical field
D)education,law enforcement,or the medical field
Q3) Needing money to survive as an organization,the Hell's Angels turned to the manufacture,distribution,and sale of which drug in the late 1960s?
A)methamphetamine
B)cocaine
C)marijuana
D)opium
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Chapter 10: Organized Crime: "Goods and Services"
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Q1) When it comes to human trafficking,criminal organizations have failed so far to take full advantage of the lack of immigration control,border protection,and security systems that are weakened by political corruption.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An individual known commonly referred to as the _____________ provides a readily available outlet for marketing stolen ("hot")merchandise.
Q3) ________ labor involves the use of deceit and/or coercion to facilitate an involuntary status akin to slavery.
Q4) _____________ includes a wide array of games of chance and sporting events on which wagers are made.
Q5) Professional gamblers-who bet for income,not fun-also track line changes in an effort to "__________," meaning they shop around for the most advantageous lines and bet opposite sides of the contest.
A)hedge
B)middle
C)secure
D)handle
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Chapter 11: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking
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Q1) According to Abadinsky,when it comes to the business of heroin,drug barons often chose to base their operations in which areas-"the more war-torn and chaotic the better"?
A)urban areas
B)remote safe havens
C)remote islands in the middle of the ocean
D)suburbs of major metropolitan areas
Q2) In 1937,Congress passed the _______________,which put an end to lawful recreational use of marijuana throughout the U.S.
Q3) Cocaine causes the release of a natural substance,which prepares the body for "fight" or "flight," but the brain sends the message that everything is better than fine.Which natural substance is released?
A)adrenaline
B)serotonin
C)neuroephinephrine
D)GABA
Q4) Early antidrug laws in the United States were often the result of ______________.
Q5) Explain the process of distribution of heroin and cocaine.
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Chapter 12: Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering
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Q1) In a restraint-of-trade scheme,participants are operating outside of the law and cannot easily complain to the authorities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How does money laundering serve the interests of organized crime?
Q3) Organized crime appears to have been eliminated from which industry in New York?
A)the private collection of solid waste
B)the garment industry
C)construction
D)insurance
Q4) Money laundering is facilitated through the use of ____________,privately owned online payment systems that allow international payments denominated in the standard weights for gold and other precious metals.
Q5) The _____________ is the largest labor union in the United States.
Q6) Which of the following elements is typically found in pension fraud schemes?
A)A corrupt union official approves the investment of union fund monies.
B)Investment service providers are associated with organized crime.
C)Service providers offer kickbacks from fees generated from servicing the plan.
D)All of these are elements typically found in pension fraud schemes.
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Chapter 13: Organized Crime Statutes
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Q1) Which theory allows the government to seize property that represents the gains from certain specified unlawful activities?
A)proceeds theory
B)facilitation theory
C)net worth theory
D)control theory
Q2) The _____________ Act of 2002 removed the intent requirement for individuals and criminalized the actions of sex tour operators.
Q3) Which statute makes it a crime to commit or conspire to commit a continuing series of felony violations of the 1970 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act when the violations are undertaken in concert with 5 or more persons?
A)RICO
B)Consumer Credit Protection
C)Hobbs
D)Continuing Criminal Enterprise
Q4) The _____________ Act of 1959 established a Bill of Rights for union members.
Q5) Loansharking is an offense under the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Investigating and Prosecuting Organized Crime
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Q1) The right to counsel,right to be tried by an impartial jury,and right to confront witnesses are U.S.Constitutional rights derived from which amendment(s)?
A)First,Fourth,and Sixth Amendment
B)First Amendment
C)Fifth Amendment
D)Sixth Amendment
Q2) Which department's primary responsibility is the collection of revenues due to the federal government?
A)Homeland Security
B)Justice
C)Treasury
D)Defense
Q3) Which of the following is/are incentive(s)for informants to help law enforcement apprehend organized crime suspects?
A)financial reward
B)vengeance
C)securing leniency for themselves
D)financial reward,vengeance,and securing leniency for themselves
Q4) Define "immunity." What are the two major types of immunity used by prosecutors?
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