Infamous Chicago mob boss that made most of his money bootlegging during Prohibition.

Immigrant from Sicily who became the boss of one of America's most fearsome Mafia families in New York City.

Edwin Sutherland studied 70 different companies in different industries and found they consciously violated the law 980 times.

Many of the corporate crimes that Sutherland discovered in his study were made by companies that were war profiteering during WWI and WWII by selling weapons and secrets to US enemies.

A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.

Crimes committed by an individual for personal gain or profit during the course of their occupation.

Crimes committed by companies and businesses. These can sometimes be done by just individuals that are working to benefit the company, not just themselves.

A more inclusive term for corporate crime since these types of crimes are committed by both large and small companies, not just large corporations.

Sutherland's definition of white-collar crime had two important and distinguishing parts that qualified these types of crimes. What were they? (check both)

Sutherland noted that because these white-collar crimes usually cost society way more money than street crimes, they were more likely to be investigated and prosecuted.

Executives, bankers, and office workers

Called this because they often wear suits and ties or fancier clothes in the pursuit of their occupation.

Farmers, factory workers, mechanics, and trades workers

Called this because they often wear durable clothes in the pursuit of their occupation that can hide stains.

What are some alternative names to white-collar crime? (check all that apply)

Perpetrated by individuals for profit or gain

Professionals committing crimes in their professional occupation.

Committed by officials through the authority of their public office.

Committed by individuals for the benefit of an organization or corporation.

Employees stealing materials, equipment, merchandise, or stationary from an employer.

Employees theft or misuse of company funds

When two or more employees steal or misuse company funds.

Laws that are designed to protect individuals from repercussions for reporting on corporate or government crimes.

When a company makes false or illegal claims about their products.

When a company has complete (or nearly complete) control of a certain good or service.

Practice of preventing competing companies from starting or making them go out of business if they do start up.

Involves the agreement by multiple corporations to charge a particular price for a good or service. This is meant to set the price and eliminate competition, allowing these companies to set the price higher and make more money.

When a product has been shown to be unsafe, companies are often forced to fix or replace an item. This process is called a?

The Ford Motor Company knew that the Ford Pinto was dangerous and could explode after minor rear end accidents, but still produced and sold the cars.

An operation run by criminals that provide illegal goods and services that people demand as their primary source of income.

Organized crime is hard to get rid of even though people don't want to buy the illegal goods and services that these criminals provide.

Many organized crimes groups in the US were developed by immigrant groups who faced discrimination, poverty, and unemployment when arriving in America.

Organized crime often participates in this crime of lending money at interest rates higher than the legal limit.

Transnational crime syndicates that filled the power vacuum after the fall of communism that specialize in human trafficking and extortion.

Transnational crime syndicates that took advantage of weak governments to grow, transport, and sell drugs worldwide.

Transnational crime syndicates that are one of the oldest (starting in 1603) and are known for having full body tattoos.

Transnational crime syndicates that threaten territorial waters off the coast of East Africa by capturing and ransoming the crew of commercial vessels.

Transnational crime syndicates that use technology to trade black market goods online and to commit financial crimes.

A tactic to stop organized crime that focused on using law enforcement to target and arrest the bosses in order to weaken or collapse an organization.

A tactic to stop organized crime that suggests making goods and services that the public wants legal in order to legitimize and regulate them more effectively.

A tactic to stop organized crime that focuses on targeting public and law enforcement officials that work with organized crime organizations or take bribes from them.

A tactic to stop organized crime that suggests creating programs that give troubled youth a legitimate future path in order to hinder their recruitment into organized crime.

Actions that do not conform to society's general ideas of normal social behavior and moral values.

Victimless crime was rebranded as public order crime because there are often secondary victims these activities, like the families of gambling or drug addicts.

What are some of the arguments people use for legalizing public order crimes? (check all that apply)

The US spends around $40 billion each year on drug enforcement.

The most commonly used illegal drug is marijuana.

Almost half of Americans have tried illegal drugs at some point.

Some people want to shift from punishment to treatment for people caught violating minor drug crimes.