Exam 1: The Discovery of White Collar Crime

The growing recognition of the harmful and illegal actions of governments and corporations may be considered a manifestation of the contemporary crisis of confidence.

African Americans are more likely to commit the type of low-level white collar crimes that are more likely to be reported, processed and recorded in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report.

White collar crime, as a rule, is more visible than conventional crime.

As women have become better represented in elite corporate, occupational, and political positions, they have been less involved in white collar crime.

Sutherland found that corporations were typically one-time offenders, rather than repeat offenders.

Federal agencies have a track record of being uncooperative with investigative shows like 60 Minutes.

The violation of trust is not necessarily exclusive to white collar crimes.

Identify some of the main issues involved in the challenge of defining white collar crime.What arguments can be made for and against favoring the term "white collar crime" over "elite deviance"? What are the benefits and drawbacks of a typological approach to white collar crime?

Corporations tend to accept higher levels of risk to the general public than to employees.

The emergence of a public interest movement in the late 1970s has been attributed to all but which of the following?

The single factor most likely to lead to heavy media coverage of a crime is:

The contemporary era of investigative journalism was primarily inspired by:

On what basis can white collar offenders be referred to as "trusted criminals," and what is the special significance of the concept of trust in relation to white collar crime? How do the notions of respectability and risk relate to the concept of white collar crime?

Historically, the least typical response to whistleblowers has been:

Investigative journalism is likely to be:

In June 2005, "Deep Throat," the celebrated whistle-blower in the Watergate Affair, was identified as:

Political cartoons are a means of exposing or criticizing corruption in high places that emerged in the twentieth century.

The nature of much white collar crime lends itself better to newspaper than to TV reporting.

Identify the principal agents who expose white collar crime in contemporary society.What factors motivate people to expose such crime, and what factors keep them from doing so? What specific policy measures can be adopted to encourage exposure of white collar crime?

The concept of_____ refers to the practice of facilitating risky behavior on the part of parties who do not fully appreciate the risks.