Deck 7: White-Collar Crime

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an element of regulatory law?

A)Agencies police breaches of law.
B)Sanctions include warning and compliance orders.
C)Sanctions include prosecution.
D)Breaches are not included in official statistics.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Name and describe types of white-collar crime.

Answer 2

Responses could include:
-Occupational, corporate, state, environmental, workplace safety, computer or technological, financial and consumer scamming crimes
-Students should also include a description of each

Question 3

White-collar crime is seen to be difficult to measure as to their extent and effects.Why is this?

A)Many of the white-collar crime types have not been historically classed as crimes
B)National data hasn't been collected systemically
C)These types of crimes often go unreported
D)All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Outline the first criminological study of white-collar crime.

Question 5

What have been some of the problems with prosecuting corporate crimes?

Question 6

Abuse of the victim's trust is one of the main aspects offenders rely on for consumer and investment scams.

Question 7

Identify the agencies that play a role in fighting white-collar crime and what they are responsible for.

Question 8

What are some of the common features of white-collar crime?

Question 9

What is the name given to the theory behind white-collar crime where the focus in on how peoples' values within society can encourage white-collar crime?

A)Psychological theory
B)Sociological theory
C)Structural explanations
D)Opportunity theory

Question 10

Discuss the issues with the gap between public concerns and regulatory action.

Question 11

What are corporate crimes? Discuss the definition and give a case study example.

Question 12

White-collar crime often crosses the boundaries between criminal and non-criminal law.Discuss.

Question 13

Identify six issues that result from illegal logging.

Question 14

What are consumer and investment scams? Using examples, discuss the impact of these scams.

Question 15

Discuss issues with defining white-collar crime.

Question 16

Explain what "smart regulation" is and outline five measures associated with smart regulation