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WorksheetsWhite-Collar Crime Quiz
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is an example of an occupational crime?
Price-fixing
Illegal mergers
Pilferage
Environmental law violations
What is a distinguishing characteristic of corporate crime?
Crimes involving employees
Crimes for personal gain
Crimes committed by individuals
Crimes limited to small businesses
How many Americans die each hour due to unhealthy or unsafe workplace conditions?
1
2
3
4
According to Clinard and Quinney's classification, what is the primary benefit of corporate crimes?
Personal gain
Benefit to the company
Avoiding legal consequences
Gaining public trust
Why is corporate crime often underreported and not feared as much as other crimes?
It is often underreported and not violent.
It is always reported and involves violence.
It is not committed by corporations but by individuals.
It is not considered a crime by society.
What is a significant challenge in understanding the extent of corporate crime?
It is rare and easy to study.
It is extensive, expensive to study, and hard to measure accurately.
It is well-documented and easy to analyze.
It is only committed by small corporations.
How does competition in market structures contribute to corporate crime?
It discourages unethical behavior.
It encourages corporations to act morally.
It creates pressure to engage in unethical practices because 'everybody else is doing it.'
It eliminates the need for unethical practices.
What is a potential consequence of pay/reward structures in corporations?
Employees are encouraged to act ethically.
Employees are rewarded for stepping on others to achieve goals.
Employees are penalized for unethical behavior.
Employees are motivated to prioritize morality over profit.
According to the Harvard Business Review survey, what percentage of executives believe that at least some generally accepted practices in their industry are unethical?
50%
80%
60%
40%
What was the reason for the "dumping" of dangerous drugs to foreign countries by pharmaceutical companies?
To meet FDA regulations
To avoid FDA approval and recover costs
To increase drug safety
To reduce production costs
What is one reason employees might justify committing theft?
They believe the company won't miss the stolen items
They want to impress their colleagues
They are unaware of the rules
They are forced by their employer
Why are some product flaws in automobiles not considered blameworthy?
They are always intentional.
They are inevitable due to the complexity of automobiles.
They are caused by consumer misuse.
They are always minor and harmless.
Which of the following is an example of a job that offers greater opportunities for embezzlement?
CFOs in banks or retail where money is circulating
Teachers in public schools
Construction workers
Artists in creative industries
What is the number one excuse used in rationalizations or techniques of neutralization for embezzlement?
I didn’t know it was illegal.
I was going to pay it back.
Everyone else was doing it.
I was forced to do it.
What is the estimated annual cost of white-collar crime according to the FBI?
$100 billion
$200 billion
$300 billion
$400 billion
What was the aim of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) during the student protests?
To promote racial equality
To lead White kids into armed revolution
To advocate for environmental protection
To support government policies
Which type of terrorism aims to maintain or return to the status quo?
Insurgent terrorism
Vigilante terrorism
Transnational terrorism
State terrorism
What was a common belief about the U.S. government's response to white collar crime victimization?
The government was doing enough to address the issue.
The government was not doing enough, even though report rates were low.
The government prioritized victimizations over other crimes.
The government had no role in addressing victimizations.
What is the primary aim of insurgent terrorism?
To repress the citizenry through government acts
To change political policies through direct threats
To cross national borders for attacks
To target only non-political figures
What does political scientist Richard Rubenstein argue about peaceful protest?
Peaceful protest is the most effective way to create change
Crime is necessary to make real change
Peaceful protest is a myth that produces real change
Violence is always abnormal and ineffective
Insurgent terrorism is characterized by:
Government repression of citizens
Crossing national borders to commit attacks
Direct threats to change political policies
Private groups targeting other citizens
Transnational terrorism occurs when:
Citizens target other citizens to maintain the status quo
Terrorists cross national borders to commit attacks
Governments repress their own population
Public figures are threatened to change policies
State terrorism is defined as:
Private groups targeting other citizens
Government acts to repress and intimidate citizens
Attacks on public figures to change policy
Terrorism by nonindigenous groups crossing borders
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of vigilante terrorism?
Aim to maintain the status quo
Single interest groups targeting one entity
Government repression of citizens
Citizens acting against other citizens
Which U.S. law in 1919 contributed significantly to the rapid growth of organized crime?
The Harrison Narcotics Act
The Marijuana Tax Act
The RICO Statute
The Volstead Act
According to Albanese, which of the following is NOT one of the six elements of organized crime?
Rational profit through crime
Strict adherence to religious codes
Demand for service
Corruption to gain immunity
Which model of organized crime emphasizes fluid networks of relationships rather than rigid hierarchies?
Patron-Client Model
Enterprise Model
National Syndicate Model
Hierarchical Model
What was the primary purpose of the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914?
To outlaw marijuana use
To ban alcohol consumption
To tax and regulate opium and cocaine
To legalize prescription narcotics
What are the three key elements of human trafficking according to the UNODC?
Acts, Means, and Purpose
Act, Consent, Profit
Recruitment, Transport, Exploitation
Violence, Secrecy, Profit
Which of the following is always transnational?
Human trafficking
Drug trafficking
Loan sharking
Migrant Smuggling
Which is NOT a typical charactersitic of organized criminals?
Crime as main source of income
Normative code of secrecy
Origins from disadvantaged background
They do not identify as criminal
Which is NOT a key difference between migrant smuggling and human trafficking?
consent
exploitation
transnationality
victim group
Public order crimes are often called:
Mala in se
Organized crimes
Victimless crimes (mala prohibita)
White-collar crimes
What is NOT an example of a public order crime:
prostitution
gambling
vagrancy
theft
Public order laws often arise from:
Moral crusades and social control
Rational choice
Economic necessity
International treaties
Which group was targeted by anti-opium laws in San Francisco (1875)?
Italians
Chinese laborers
Jewish immigrants
Irish
Crack vs. powder cocaine laws in the 1980s reflected:
Equal enforcement
No difference
Selective enforcement targeting minority groups
Stronger penalties for powder
Prohibition was largely driven by:
White women, clergy, business owners
Immigrant groups
Organized crime groups
Politicians
Public order crimes are often criticized as:
Necessary for safety
Overcriminalization of personal conduct
Focused on violent acts
Rooted in economics
Which perspective views public order laws as tools of dominant groups to control minorities?
Rational Choice
Conflict Perspective
Deterrence theory
Functionalist perspective
The three stages of money laundering are:
Recruitment, transport, exploitation
Filtering, coercion, profit
Act, means, purpose
Placement, layering, profit
Who are moral entrepreneurs in the context of public order crime?
individuals who Organized crime bosses
Politicians enforcing laws
Victims of crime
Individuals who convince the public that certain acts. are a social menace
