Deck 14: White-Collar and Organized Crime

Question 1

_____ crime is committed for personal gain,whereas _____ crime is committed on behalf of the organization.

A) Occupational; corporate
B) Corporate; occupational
C) White-collar; organized
D) Organized; white-collar

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A physician files an insurance claim for a procedure that was not actually performed.This is most clearly identified as _____ crime.

A) Corporate
B) Occupational
C) Organizational
D) Professional Occupational

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The Enron scandal is one example of _____ crime.

A) Corporate
B) Occupational
C) Organizational
D) Professional Occupational

Answer 3

A

Question 4

An individual steals pens and paperclips from work.This is most clearly identified as _____ crime.

A) Corporate
B) Occupational
C) Organizational
D) Professional Occupational

Question 5

Which of the following means "let the buyer beware"?

A) Caveat emptor
B) Laissez-faire
C) Machiavellianism
D) Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Question 6

The _____ of La Cosa Nostra is groomed for succession to the top position.

A) Counselor
B) Don
C) Soldier
D) Underboss

Question 7

The approach that business should be left alone to do as they will is known as _____.

A) Caveat emptor
B) Laissez-faire
C) Machiavellianism
D) Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Question 8

Which of the following increased the penalties for corporate crimes in the United States?

A) The Harrison Act
B) The McClellan Commission
C) Sarbanes-Oxley Act
D) Volstead Act

Question 9

The top boss of La Cosa Nostra is referred to as the _____.

A) Button man
B) Don
C) Soldati
D) Wise guy

Question 10

A promising criminal who is not of Italian descent,but who has qualities useful to the organization,may become a(n)_____ of La Cosa Nostra.

A) Associate member
B) Counselor
C) Lieutenant
D) Soldier

Question 11

Criteria for involvement in La Cosa Nostra includes which of the following?

A) Male.
B) Being of Italian descent.
C) Having proven criminal expertise.
D) All of the above.

Question 12

Those with a strong internal locus of control:

A) Operate at higher stages of cognitive moral development.
B) Tend to behave according to their personal beliefs about right and wrong.
C) Have characteristics consistent with those of whistleblowers.
D) All of the Above

Question 13

The view of La Cosa Nostra as a loose connection of criminal groups held together by kinship and patronage is known as the _____ model.

A) Corporate
B) Feudal
C) Hierarchical
D) Organizational

Question 14

People high in _____ exploit superiors and equals by deceit and ingratiation,and subordinates by bullying.

A) The McClellan Commission
B) Locus of control
C) Machiavellianism
D) Moral reasoning

Question 15

_____ refers to the unprincipled manipulation of others for personal gain.

A) Caveat emptor
B) Laissez-faire
C) Machiavellianism
D) Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Question 16

The U.S.Congress has identified _____ as "an illegal act or series of illegal acts committed by non-physical means and by concealment or guile,to obtain money or property,or to obtain business or personal advantage."

A) Corporate crime
B) Occupational crime
C) Organized crime
D) White-Collar crime

Question 17

_____ was a corrupt political machine associated with the Democratic Party which ran New York City well into the twentieth century.

A) La Cosa Nostra
B) McClellan Commission
C) The Russian Mafiya
D) Tammany Society

Question 18

_____ is committed by structured criminal enterprises that maintain their activities over time by fear and corruption.

A) Corporate crime
B) Occupational crime
C) Organized crime
D) White-Collar crime

Question 19

_____ crime is committed in the name of a company's profit and growth.

A) Corporate
B) Occupational
C) Organizational
D) Professional Occupational

Question 20

Corporate crime is most similar to which adaptation from strain theory?

A) Conformity
B) Innovation
C) Rebellion
D) Retreatism

Question 21

More people die each year as the result of scams and illegal corporate activity than as the result of the activities of street criminals.

Question 22

The financial impact of the savings and loan scandal pales in comparison to the impact of bank robberies.

Question 23

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act outlawed the consumption and manufacturing of alcohol.

Question 24

The Uniform Crime Report contains comprehensive data regarding the prevalence of white-collar crime.

Question 25

Just as there are criminogenic neighborhoods,there are also criminogenic corporations with a "tradition" of wrongdoing.

Question 26

The motorcycle gang "Hell's Angels" is one example of an organized crime group.

Question 27

_____ crime groups are probably the oldest and largest in the world.

A) American
B) Italian
C) Japanese
D) Russian

Question 28

The organizational structure of La Cosa Nostra is best described as hierarchical.

Question 29

Memoirs of the members of La Cosa Nostra show that they had:

A) Come from involved and intact families.
B) Received good educations.
C) Viewed crime as more lurative than legitimate opportunities.
D) All of the above.

Question 30

The Russian Mafiya is considered to be the most serious organized crime threat in the world today.

Question 31

For a very long period in our history,victims of defective and dangerous products could not sue corporations for damages.

Question 32

La Cosa Nostra is the only organized crime group operating in the United States.

Question 33

The Morielitos organized crime group specializes primarily in:

A) Drug trafficking.
B) Illegal gaming.
C) Professioal arson.
D) Sex trafficking.

Question 34

On average,business majors tend to be more ethical than those majoring in other fields.

Question 35

Intelligence agencies in the United States feel that because of their higher level of criminal sophistication,_____ will present a greater threat to American society than the traditional Italian-American crime families ever have.

A) Japanese organized crime groups
B) La Cosa Nostra
C) Russian organized crime groups
D) Tammany Society

Question 36

Occupational crime has minimal financial costs,which may account for why it is not taken seriously.

Question 37

Research has shown that business majors possess lower levels of _____ than those who pursue other legitimate careers.

A) Intelligence
B) Morals and ethics
C) Self-control
D) Socioeconomic standing

Question 38

Most white collar crime is committed by persons of particularly high status.

Question 39

Which of the following is considered the most serious organized crime threat in the world today?

A) Japanese Yakuza
B) La Cosa Nostra
C) Russian Mafiya
D) Tammany Society

Question 40

In the 1920s,the passage of which of the following prompted a rise in crime,violence,and political corruption related to organized crime?

A) Harrison Act
B) McClellan Commission
C) Sarbanes-Oxley Act
D) Volstead Act

Question 41

What is corporate crime?

Question 42

A study of brokerage firms found that many of the biggest names in the business have not had serious violations since the early 1980s.

Question 43

Do you think that the motives of occupational criminals are the same as,or different than,those of street criminals? Support your answer with what you have learned in class.

Question 44

What is Machiavellianism?

Question 45

What was the Castellammarese War?

Question 46

What is occupational crime?

Question 47

Explain ethnic succession theory.Do you feel that it provides an adequate explanation of organized crime? Support your answer with what you have learned in this class.

Question 48

What thought characterizes those with an external locus of control?

Question 49

The yakuza of Japan are well-known for their ability to operate in the underworld without being detected.

Question 50

What is the main argument of ethnic succession theory?

Question 51

Do you think the causes of occupational white collar crime differ substantially from those of street crime? Justify your answer.

Question 52

What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?

Question 53

Briefly describe the structure of organized crime groups according to the feudal model.

Question 54

Compare and contrast occupational crime and corporate crime.Provide examples of each to support your answer.