Exam 13: Enterprise Crime: White-Collar, Green-Collar, and Transnational Organized Crime

_________________ occurs when an organization that either (a) advances credit, (b) provides loans, (c) supports people financially, or (d) reimburses them for services provided to a third party is the target of criminal activity.

An auto repair shop charging customers for bogus repairs is _________.

Corporations can circumvent economic sanctions by:

Identify and explain the causes of enterprise crime.

__________________occurs when a corporate employee with direct knowledge of market-sensitive information uses it to buy and sell securities, giving the employee-trader an unfair advantage over the general public.

The factor that distinguishes corporate crime from individual-level white-collar crime is that with corporate crime, the perpetrator is a/an ____ and not a/an ____.

Explain the evolution of street gangs to mega-gangs.

Penalties for bank fraud include a maximum fine of $1 million and up to how much time in prison?

Influence peddling occurs when individuals who hold important institutional positions sell information to outsiders.

Group boycott occurs when there is a conspiracy to set and control the price of a necessary commodity.

A corporation that requires its customers to use one of the other services that it offers is practicing a:

If a store advertises sweaters at a bargain price but do not actually have any sweaters for sale for that price, they are guilty of which offense?

Enterprise criminals have low self-control and are inclined to follow momentary impulses without considering the long-term costs of such behavior.

Criminal activity that typically involves groups that conspire to make illegal profits through connections to business and commerce is __________________.

__________________ refers to a substance made by gathering waste trimmings, cooking them so the fat separates easily from the muscle, and using a centrifuge to complete the separation.

One method of controlling white-collar crime is through the use of compliance strategies. How do compliance strategies work?

The U.S. Congress has passed numerous laws that regulate and restrict wildlife imports and exports, including the __________________ Act of 1973 and the Lacey Act.

How is the Russian Mob different from the Italian Mafia?

The major enforcement arm against environmental crimes is the ___________________.

Compliance strategies are often viewed as "slaps on the wrists." In their place, deterrence strategies have become the normative approach to controlling white-collar offenders. Why is the tide turning from compliance to deterrence?