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Q: Compare and contrast deterrence and compliance in regard to white-collar and green-collar crime.

Q: Compare and contrast rational choice theory for need and rational choice theory for greed and how it relates to theories of offending.

Q: Compare and contrast client fraud and corporate crime.

Q: List and define the different forms of green-collar crime.

Q: List and describe the different forms of business frauds and swindles.

Q: Explain the data found from the most recent White-Collar Crime Center survey and what it says about the current and future problem of white-collar crime.

Q: List and describe some of the motives for arson. What trends are visible?

Q: Explain the nature and extent of burglary and if burglaries are rational criminals.

Q: Compare and contrast the crimes of shoplifting and check forgery. What are the similarities, what are the differences? Explain.

Q: Compare and contrast the types of larceny.

Q: Discuss the history of economic crime and the development of white-collar crime.

Q: _________________________ rely on the threat of economic sanctions or civil penalties to control potential violators.

Q: Methods of controlling white-collar crime that rely on the punishment of individual offenders to deter other would-be violators are known as _________________________.

Q: Forcing victims to pay for services or contracts to which they have a clear right is called ________________.

Q: ________________ is the illegal buying of stock in a company on the basis of information provided by someone who has a fiduciary interest in the company.

Q: Using one's institutional position to grant favors and sell information to which one's co-conspirators are not entitled is called ____________________.

Q: _______________ crime is defined as any business-related act that uses deceit, deception, or dishonesty to carry out criminal enterprise.

Q: Professionals who make a living by passing bad checks are known as _____________________.

Q: Amateur forgers who case bad checks because of some financial crisis but have little identification with a criminal subculture are referred to as __________________ forgers.

Q: Entering a home by force, threat, or deception with intent to commit a crime is called ______________.

Q: A ______________ is an amateur shoplifter who does not self-identify as a thief but who systematically steals merchandise for personal use.

Q: Professional shoplifters who steal with the intention of reselling stolen merchandise are called ________________________.

Q: To encourage the arrest of shoplifters, a number of states have passed ___________________ designed to offer retailers and their employees some protection from lawsuits stemming from improper or false arrests of suspected shoplifters.

Q: __________________ is the taking of goods from retail stores.

Q: In reference to blue-collar criminals, offenders who do not define themselves by a criminal role or view themselves as committed to career criminals are called _________________ criminals.

Q: According to the text, offenders who make a significant portion of their income from crime are referred to as ______________ criminals.

Q: ___________________ refers to short-term influence on a person's behavior, such as financial problems or peer pressure, which increases risk taking.

Q: Theft of money or property of substantial value and punished as a felony is known as ________________.

Q: Theft of a small amount of money or property, punished as a misdemeanor is known as _____________________.

Q: A legal fiction known as ____________ applies to situations in which persons voluntarily give up physical custody of their property but still retain legal ownership.

Q: ___________________ is an act committed in violation of the criminal law for the purpose of monetary gain and financial benefits.

Q: In regard to eighteenth century English property crime, individuals who moved freely in sparsely populated areas and transported goods, such as spirits and spices, without paying taxes were known as _________________.

Q: Traditional common law theft crimes such as larceny, burglary, and arson are called ________________ crimes.

Q: Crimes that effect the environment are referred to as _______________ crimes.

Q: Under English common law, _____________ was defined as the taking of another person's property without their permission or consent.

Q: In 2015, Daniel is arrested for running a Ponzi scheme in which he swindled nearly $2 million from investors. This crime would be considered a _______. a. white-collar crime b. blue-collar crime c. green-collar crime d. none of the above

Q: Daniel Lee is a college professor at a mid-sized university in Maryland. He ran for city council and won in 2014 and his wife is the head of the PTA at his child's grade school. Both he, and his wife, are respected members of the community. Answer the following questions with this information. Dan's wife, Lisa, is caught shoplifting a purse from Macy's and is arrested. Given her social status, which of the following types of thieves would Lisa fall into? a. Snitch b. Booster c. Heel d. Fence

Q: Which of the following is not true in regard to deterrence strategies for white-collar criminals? a. Strategies are aimed at creating conditions that induce conformity to the law. b. Deterrence systems are oriented toward apprehension and punishments. c. Justice system personnel now consider white-collar criminals as more serious than common-law thefts. d. Both fines and penalties have been increasing.

Q: The criminal investigation division of the EPA investigates which of the following crimes? a. Mail fraud b. Wire fraud c. Illegal disposal of hazardous waste d. All of the above

Q: Which of the following is not one of the environmental laws discussed in the text? a. Natural Gas and Anti-Fracking Act b. Clean Water Act c. Endangered Species Act d. Oil Pollution Act

Q: Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson claim white-collar crime is relatively rare because, as a matter of course, business executives tend to hire people with ___. a. business experience b. self-control c. strong morals d. cultural values

Q: While exploiters are extortionists who force victims to pay for services to which they are legally entitled, _______________ take bribes in exchange for granting favors. a. peddlers b. twizzlers c. chislers d. pirates

Q: The ____________________ Act is a federal law that subjects to criminal and civil sanctions any person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce. a. Sherman Antitrust b. Interstate Commerce c. Lautenberg d. Illegal Restraint

Q: Illegal buying of stock in a company on the basis of information provided by someone who has a fiduciary interest in the company is known as _______. a. insider trading b. exploitation c. peddling d. chiseling

Q: ______________ involves using illegal means to cheat an organization, its consumers, or both, on a regular basis. a. Chiseling b. Notching c. Carving d. Scoring

Q: Forcing victims to pay for services or contracts to which they have a clear right is called ______. a. exploitation b. peddling c. chiseling d. profiteering

Q: Bernard Madoff has been referred to as the greatest ____ of all time. a. influence peddler b. pilferer c. exploiter d. Ponzi schemer

Q: A Ponzi scheme is one type of ______ whereby people swindle money with payments of returns earned from new investors. a. corporate crime b. white-collar fraud c. financial chiseling d. employee fraud

Q: __________ involves illegal activities of people and institutions whose acknowledged purpose is profit through legitimate business transactions. a. Organized crime b. Enterprise crime c. White-collar crime d. Cyber crime

Q: Which of the following is true in regard to recent research by the National White Collar Crime Center? a. About 17 percent of individuals reported experiencing at least one form of white-collar crime. b. About 80 percent of white-collar crimes are reported to police. c. White-collar crime is viewed as a less serious crime by the general public. d. All of the above are true.

Q: The taking of goods from a retail store. a. Shoplifting b. Nicking c. Pilfering d. Pinching

Q: Which of the following is not true about auto thefts and automobiles? a. Every state requires owners to insure vehicles. b. Fewer cars are being taken today and fewer cars are being recovered than a decade ago. c. FBI records about 700,000 auto thefts per year. d. The average loss from auto theft is about $4 billion a year.

Q: Which of the following is true about shoplifting? a. Research has shown that items which play a role in the illicit drug are the ones stolen most often. b. About 45 percent of all shoplifters are professionals. c. It is estimated that the professional shoplifter makes between 500,000 and 800,000 dollars a year from their illegal activity. d. On average, about 75,000 people annually are arrested for shoplifting, down from 100,000 in the 1990s.

Q: Edwin Lemert conducted one of the best-known studies onwhich form of larceny nearly 60 years ago? a. Check fraud b. Shoplifting c. Auto theft d. Credit card theft

Q: The willful, malicious burning of a home, building, or vehicle. a. Arson b. Incendiarism c. Burglary d. Blowbacking

Q: Compare and contrast the pros and cons of the USA Patriot Act.

Q: What has been the overwhelming response to terrorism especially in the United States over the last 20 years?

Q: Provide a brief overview of the extent of terrorism.

Q: Compare and contrast the motivating factors of terrorism.

Q: Compare and contrast the different contemporary forms of terrorism.

Q: Provide a brief history of terrorism.

Q: Compare and contrast the terms insurgents, terrorists, guerillas, and revolutionaries.

Q: Compare and contrast the terms espionage and treason.

Q: Explain what is meant by the ticking bomb scenario. In your explanation, provide at least one example of how proponents state the scenario could be legally enforced.

Q: Explain the significance of industrial espionage over the last 20 years and what impact has it had on the United States and the rest of the world?

Q: List and describe the causes of political crime.

Q: Define the term political crime and list describe the goals associated with political crime.

Q: The government official charged with coordinating data from the nation's primary intelligence-gathering agencies is called the __________________.

Q: The ___________________________ is defined as being an agency of the federal government charged with preventing terrorist attacks within the United States, reducing America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimizing the damage and aiding recovery from attacks that do occur.

Q: A nation whose government has lost control of its own territory, is unable to provide public services, and lacks the ability to interact with other states is known as a ________________.

Q: According to the ______________ view of terrorism, terror recruits suffer dissension from friends, family, and society with many having been raised to hate the groups who are in power and believe that they have been victimized by state authorities whom they view as oppressors.

Q: _____________________ are political terror groups involved in violent actions to protect the environment.

Q: ______________________ terrorism occurs when a repressive government regime forces its citizens into obedience, oppresses minorities, and stifles political dissent.

Q: __________________ terrorist groups refrain from tying specific acts to direct demands and instead redirect the balance between what they believe is good and evil.

Q: _______________ terrorism promotes the interests of a minority ethnic or religious group that believes it has been persecuted under majority rule.

Q: The origin of the word terrorism comes from the French Revolution's ___________________.

Q: This group, ____________, began as an insurgency, raiding Iraq and Syria and occupying major cities with the primary goal of creating a caliphate, based on a very conservative Islamic religious code.

Q: The typical goal of an ____________ is to confront the existing government for control of all or a portion of its territory, or force political concessions in sharing political power.

Q: Armed military bands known as _______________, typically are located in rural areas and use hit-and-run terror tactics to destabilize the existing government.

Q: The illegal use of force against innocent people to achieve a political objective is called ____________________.