Deck 13: Crime, the Emotions and Social Psychology

Question 1

Professional crime was seen by Sutherland (1937: 197) as based upon a craft that had been learned, and it was this achievement that defined the ´professional' thief (or safecracker or forger or whatever) as someone who had learned their trade and, like ´physicians, lawyers or bricklayers´.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Why are the crimes of the powerful so often overlooked?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Braithwaite´s (1984) and Abraham´s (1995) studies of the pharmaceutical industry illustrate how the promotion of a benign image masks illicit behaviour such as -?

A)price-fixing
B)improper influence on regulatory systems
C)industrial espionage
D)manipulation of stocks and shares
E)knowing distribution of unsafe drugs

Answer 3

A, B, C, E

Question 4

The Merseyside Police, Crime Prevention: Business Advice suggest what are the primary objectives of a long firm fraud?

A)To establish credibility with manufacturers and suppliers
B)To obtain as many goods as possible over a credit period extended as long as possible
C)To make little or no payment to suppliers and creditors
D)To dispose of goods obtained with the minimum of delay
E)Abscond with the proceeds

Question 5

Counterfeiting is a huge business according to Phillips (2006) - possibly as high as what per centage of world trade?

A)0.07
B)0.12
C)0.25
D)0.28
E)0.33

Question 6

The counterfeiting trade exploded in 2001 due to what?

A)Relaxation of border controls
B)Increased immigration levels
C)Global recession
D)Collapse of the Soviet Union
E)Terrorist attacks

Question 7

In Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, it was not the prohibition of alcohol sales but the illegality of what everyday activity that drew the attention of criminal groups?

A)Drugs
B)Street gambling
C)Dog fighting
D)Bare knuckle fighting
E)Prostitution

Question 8

The raid on the Securitas cash depot in Kent in February 2006 was when criminals posing as police officers kidnapped the depot manager and his family, tied up 15 staff members and made off with up to £20 million in cash (Souness, 2007)

Question 9

It was London in the late 1950s and the 1960s that became the location and period most associated with a high-profile, and heavily mythologized ´gangland´ in Britain, epitomized by the operations of the Brown brothers in the East End of London and the Isley brothers who originated south of the river Thames.

Question 10

Should corporate crimes be tackled by criminalizing the corporation or the individuals who operate within them?