Question 1

Which of the following tragedies claimed the greatest number of lives?

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911 claimed the lives of 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women. This was the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City history, and it led to important workplace safety reforms. The other tragedies mentioned also claimed multiple lives, but none to the same extent as the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire.

Question 2

How did people like the Progressive muckrakers,E. A. Ross, and Edwin Sutherland "discover" or call attention to "white-collar crime"? In particular, why is Sutherland often called the "father of white-collar crime"?

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Question 3

Is corporate crime very widespread? What did studies by scholars such as Sutherland and, later, Clinard and Yeager find?

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Question 4

Is corporate crime economically costly? Why? Describe some recent cases that show why corporate crime has large financial costs.

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Question 5

Discuss this statement: Although corporate crime might be financially costly, it is not as serious as street crime because it is not violent.

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Question 6

How does corporate crime potentially injure workers, consumers, and the general public?

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Quiz 1: The Criminalization of Corporate Violence