Question 1

What type of a red flag of white-collar crime typically surfaces during audits?

Accepted Answer

A)  an excess of documentation 
B)  lack of payments to some vendors 
C)  managers override internal controls 
D)  smaller payments to new vendors 
A)  an excess of documentation 
B)  lack of payments to some vendors 
C)  managers override internal controls 
D)  smaller payments to new vendors C

Question 2

How does the offender/witness relationship play into investigations of white- collar crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  An offender often has power and class status advantage over the witness to use as influence. 
B)  Witnesses that investigators want to interview will be in a trusting relationship with the offender. 
C)  The witnesses are often people who work outside the company and are hard for investigators to track down. 
D)  Witnesses often exaggerate the offender's actions. 
A)  An offender often has power and class status advantage over the witness to use as influence. 
B)  Witnesses that investigators want to interview will be in a trusting relationship with the offender. 
C)  The witnesses are often people who work outside the company and are hard for investigators to track down. 
D)  Witnesses often exaggerate the offender's actions. B

Question 3

List four of the five problems that authorities have when it comes to addressing crime.

Accepted Answer

Answers could include:
a. resource problems
b. relationship dynamics
c. time
d. complexity
e. establishing proof

Question 4

How does time affect the start of a white-collar crime investigation?

Accepted Answer

A)  A long period of time passes before a crime is reported because victims often don't know they were victimized. 
B)  It is taking longer and longer for the courts and the laws to catch up to the advances offenders are making in the methods by which they commit their
 crimes. 
C)  It can take an extraordinary amount of time to pour through the records and evidence collected in an investigation. 
D)  It takes a longer amount of time to finalize evidence to help prosecute an offender and any co-offenders and complete the investigation. 
A)  A long period of time passes before a crime is reported because victims often don't know they were victimized. 
B)  It is taking longer and longer for the courts and the laws to catch up to the advances offenders are making in the methods by which they commit their
 crimes. 
C)  It can take an extraordinary amount of time to pour through the records and evidence collected in an investigation. 
D)  It takes a longer amount of time to finalize evidence to help prosecute an offender and any co-offenders and complete the investigation.

Question 5

The fact that offenders usually have more resources, such as money and lawyers, contributes to the resource problems of enforcing white-collar crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How can international cooperation in policing white-collar crime be improved?

Accepted Answer

A)  develop police networks with a common language 
B)  work on white-collar cases that have similar characteristics 
C)  agree on an international white-collar crime headquarters 
D)  create and agree on one type of record-keeping standard 
A)  develop police networks with a common language 
B)  work on white-collar cases that have similar characteristics 
C)  agree on an international white-collar crime headquarters 
D)  create and agree on one type of record-keeping standard

Question 7

Corporations who fulfill requirements for strong compliance programs within their company are eligible for what type of result if wrongdoing is found?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are less likely to undergo a surprise audit from a regulatory agency. 
B)  They get to join an organization created by the U.S. Department of Justice that promotes the enforcement of white-collar crime. 
C)  They could receive lighter sanctions. 
D)  They must turn over any person involved in the misconduct to authorities. 
A)  They are less likely to undergo a surprise audit from a regulatory agency. 
B)  They get to join an organization created by the U.S. Department of Justice that promotes the enforcement of white-collar crime. 
C)  They could receive lighter sanctions. 
D)  They must turn over any person involved in the misconduct to authorities.

Question 8

Interviews that are conducted by a business can result in termination if an employee pleads the fifth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

List three characteristics of an undercover white-collar investigation that are distinctly different from a traditional undercover investigation.

Accepted Answer

Answers could include:
a. Undercover whi

Question 10

Describe the three categories of loss prevention strategies.

Accepted Answer

Answers could include:
a. Category I str

Question 11

Which strategy for gathering evidence in a white-collar crime case specifically employs the principle of skepticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  audits 
B)  record reviews 
C)  undercover strategies 
D)  whistleblowers 
A)  audits 
B)  record reviews 
C)  undercover strategies 
D)  whistleblowers

Question 12

Which of the following is a suggestion that has been made to improve law enforcement's response to white-collar crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  'publicizing' white-collar criminals by arresting them in the workplace 
B)  focusing less on the search for a smoking gun because it likely doesn't exist 
C)  following other evidence besides the "money trail" 
D)  develop programs on investigations 
A)  'publicizing' white-collar criminals by arresting them in the workplace 
B)  focusing less on the search for a smoking gun because it likely doesn't exist 
C)  following other evidence besides the "money trail" 
D)  develop programs on investigations

Question 13

Choose a self-policing strategy and write a persuasive argument for its use versus a governmental policing strategy.

Accepted Answer

Answers should discuss one of

Question 14

Compliance strategies focus on detecting and preventing corporate criminality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is the first stage of a white-collar investigation?

Accepted Answer

A)  locating the victims of the crime 
B)  deciding which charges to formally file 
C)  identifying the scope of the crime 
D)  identifying the offender(s) 
A)  locating the victims of the crime 
B)  deciding which charges to formally file 
C)  identifying the scope of the crime 
D)  identifying the offender(s)

Question 16

Attempts by global police agencies to use law enforcement strategies to investigate and prevent white-collar crime internationally have been hampered by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is widespread disagreement about which language to use for communication. 
B)  White-collar crime has different characteristics in many countries. 
C)  Getting cooperation among many global policing agencies makes collaborating on cases difficult. 
D)  Some countries want to take the lead deciding which type of cases to pursue. 
A)  There is widespread disagreement about which language to use for communication. 
B)  White-collar crime has different characteristics in many countries. 
C)  Getting cooperation among many global policing agencies makes collaborating on cases difficult. 
D)  Some countries want to take the lead deciding which type of cases to pursue.

Question 17

Summarize the four of the six main problems addressing white-collar crime.

Accepted Answer

Answers could include:
a. reso

Question 18

Which of the following is a criticism of regulatory policing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Regulations are not enforced equally. 
B)  Regulatory efforts breed misconduct. 
C)  Regulatory officers are becoming too aggressive. 
D)  There is a growing trend of corruption. 
A)  Regulations are not enforced equally. 
B)  Regulatory efforts breed misconduct. 
C)  Regulatory officers are becoming too aggressive. 
D)  There is a growing trend of corruption.

Question 19

Which of the following describes one of the regulatory policing styles?

Accepted Answer

A)  detective 
B)  free agent 
C)  surveillance 
D)  free style 
A)  detective 
B)  free agent 
C)  surveillance 
D)  free style

Question 20

What type of agencies are involved in policing white-collar crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  federal agencies, private agencies, and state agencies 
B)  private agencies, formal criminal police agencies, governmental regulatory agencies 
C)  local police, state agencies, and governmental regulatory agencies 
D)  state police, formal criminal police agencies, and private agencies 
A)  federal agencies, private agencies, and state agencies 
B)  private agencies, formal criminal police agencies, governmental regulatory agencies 
C)  local police, state agencies, and governmental regulatory agencies 
D)  state police, formal criminal police agencies, and private agencies

What type of a red flag of white-collar crime typically surfaces during audits?

How does the offender/witness relationship play into investigations of white- collar crime?

List four of the five problems that authorities have when it comes to addressing crime.

How does time affect the start of a white-collar crime investigation?

The fact that offenders usually have more resources, such as money and lawyers, contributes to the resource problems of enforcing white-collar crime.

How can international cooperation in policing white-collar crime be improved?

Corporations who fulfill requirements for strong compliance programs within their company are eligible for what type of result if wrongdoing is found?

Interviews that are conducted by a business can result in termination if an employee pleads the fifth.

List three characteristics of an undercover white-collar investigation that are distinctly different from a traditional undercover investigation.

Describe the three categories of loss prevention strategies.

Which strategy for gathering evidence in a white-collar crime case specifically employs the principle of skepticism?

Which of the following is a suggestion that has been made to improve law enforcement's response to white-collar crime?

Choose a self-policing strategy and write a persuasive argument for its use versus a governmental policing strategy.

Compliance strategies focus on detecting and preventing corporate criminality.

What is the first stage of a white-collar investigation?

Attempts by global police agencies to use law enforcement strategies to investigate and prevent white-collar crime internationally have been hampered by which of the following?

Summarize the four of the six main problems addressing white-collar crime.

Which of the following is a criticism of regulatory policing?

Which of the following describes one of the regulatory policing styles?

What type of agencies are involved in policing white-collar crime?

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Crimes in the Educational System

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Exam 13: Policing White-Collar Crime

What type of a red flag of white-collar crime typically surfaces during audits?

How does the offender/witness relationship play into investigations of white- collar crime?

List four of the five problems that authorities have when it comes to addressing crime.

How does time affect the start of a white-collar crime investigation?

The fact that offenders usually have more resources, such as money and lawyers, contributes to the resource problems of enforcing white-collar crime.

How can international cooperation in policing white-collar crime be improved?

Corporations who fulfill requirements for strong compliance programs within their company are eligible for what type of result if wrongdoing is found?

Interviews that are conducted by a business can result in termination if an employee pleads the fifth.

List three characteristics of an undercover white-collar investigation that are distinctly different from a traditional undercover investigation.

Describe the three categories of loss prevention strategies.

Which strategy for gathering evidence in a white-collar crime case specifically employs the principle of skepticism?

Which of the following is a suggestion that has been made to improve law enforcement's response to white-collar crime?

Choose a self-policing strategy and write a persuasive argument for its use versus a governmental policing strategy.

Compliance strategies focus on detecting and preventing corporate criminality.

What is the first stage of a white-collar investigation?

Attempts by global police agencies to use law enforcement strategies to investigate and prevent white-collar crime internationally have been hampered by which of the following?

Summarize the four of the six main problems addressing white-collar crime.

Which of the following is a criticism of regulatory policing?

Which of the following describes one of the regulatory policing styles?

What type of agencies are involved in policing white-collar crime?

Introduction and Overview of White-Collar Crime

Understanding White-Collar Crime

Crimes in Sales-Related Occupations

Crimes in the Health Care System

Crime in Systems of Social Control

Crime in the Political System

Crimes in the Educational System

Crime in the Economic System

Crimes in the Cyber System

Crimes by the Corporate System

Environmental Crime

Explaining White-Collar Crime

Judicial Proceedings and White-Collar Crime

The Corrections Subsystem and White-Collar Crime

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