Question 1

Corporations are more likely to reduce risks involving immediate worker safety
than potential long-term harm to the health of workers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following conditions does not promote whistleblowing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Access to good information. 
B)  Relative autonomy from direct supervision. 
C)  Norms supporting professional expertise on technological matters. 
D)  Norms emphasizing organizational loyalty. 
A)  Access to good information. 
B)  Relative autonomy from direct supervision. 
C)  Norms supporting professional expertise on technological matters. 
D)  Norms emphasizing organizational loyalty.

Question 3

Occupational crime offenders are:

Accepted Answer

A)  often middle class, but sometimes lower-class 
B)  always middle class 
C)  never middle class 
D)  mostly upper-class 
A)  often middle class, but sometimes lower-class 
B)  always middle class 
C)  never middle class 
D)  mostly upper-class

Question 4

Which of the following is not an example of white collar crime, broadly defined?

Accepted Answer

A)  A physician defrauding Medicaid. 
B)  A corporation that knowingly markets defective automobiles. 
C)  A lawyer who commits a hold-up at a bank. 
D)  A bank clerk who embezzles money from the bank. 
A)  A physician defrauding Medicaid. 
B)  A corporation that knowingly markets defective automobiles. 
C)  A lawyer who commits a hold-up at a bank. 
D)  A bank clerk who embezzles money from the bank.

Question 5

Factors deterring people from becoming whistleblowers are likely to include all but which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fear of social ostracism 
B)  Loyalty to one's associates 
C)  Qualms about one's personal integrity 
D)  Denial that one knows enough 
A)  Fear of social ostracism 
B)  Loyalty to one's associates 
C)  Qualms about one's personal integrity 
D)  Denial that one knows enough

Question 6

According to Sutherland, businessmen were often contemptuous of the laws
governing their business activities, and did not suffer a loss of status if convicted of
business-related offenses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

African Americans are under-represented among low-level white collar crime
offenders guilty of embezzlement and fraud.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The increasingly dramatic media representation of crimes committed by
businessmen is clearly correlated with an increasing fear of businessmen relative
to conventional offenders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Early 20th century journalists who exposed corruption in high places were known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  investigative reporters 
B)  muckrakers 
C)  yellow journalists 
D)  white collar crime stalkers 
A)  investigative reporters 
B)  muckrakers 
C)  yellow journalists 
D)  white collar crime stalkers

Question 10

Businessmen who committed exploitative acts were labeled _____ by E.A.Ross in Sin and Society.

Accepted Answer

A)  criminaloids 
B)  robber barons 
C)  muckrakers 
D)  white collar criminals 
A)  criminaloids 
B)  robber barons 
C)  muckrakers 
D)  white collar criminals

Question 11

When members of the upper class are portrayed as criminals in the media, the
activity is more likely to be murder than corporate misdeeds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Nobody before E.H.Sutherland had recognized that the rich and the affluent
commit serious crimes in connection with their business activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Ralph Nader first came to public attention when he produced evidence of the
superior safety of General Motors automobiles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The field of criminology historically has focused on conventional forms of harm, 	such as homicide, rape, assault, burglary, robbery, theft and the like.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Recognition of the risk of being victimized by white collar crime appears to be
diminishing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Better Business Bureau functions as an aggressive investigator of
business wrongdoing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The book White Collar Crime by Sutherland focused on the crimes of:

Accepted Answer

A)  professionals 
B)  employees 
C)  corporations 
D)  small businessmen 
A)  professionals 
B)  employees 
C)  corporations 
D)  small businessmen

Question 18

The in-depth coverage of white collar crime by the media has been a regular
daily occurrence since the early 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the books listed below was not an early 20ᵗʰ-century exposé of political or business corruption?

Accepted Answer

A)  Steffens' The Shame of the Cities 
B)  Tarbell's The History of the Standard Oil Company 
C)  Sinclair's The Jungle 
D)  Woodward and Bernstein's All The President's Men 
A)  Steffens' The Shame of the Cities 
B)  Tarbell's The History of the Standard Oil Company 
C)  Sinclair's The Jungle 
D)  Woodward and Bernstein's All The President's Men

Question 20

Which of the following is not an attribute of white collar crimes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Offenders typically occupy a position involving some element of trust. 
B)  Offenders engage in direct forms of violence. 
C)  Offenders have been a relatively low priority of the justice system. 
D)  Offenders typically have a respectable status in society. 
A)  Offenders typically occupy a position involving some element of trust. 
B)  Offenders engage in direct forms of violence. 
C)  Offenders have been a relatively low priority of the justice system. 
D)  Offenders typically have a respectable status in society.

Corporations are more likely to reduce risks involving immediate worker safety than potential long-term harm to the health of workers.

Which of the following conditions does not promote whistleblowing?

Occupational crime offenders are:

Which of the following is not an example of white collar crime, broadly defined?

Factors deterring people from becoming whistleblowers are likely to include all but which of the following?

According to Sutherland, businessmen were often contemptuous of the laws governing their business activities, and did not suffer a loss of status if convicted of business-related offenses.

African Americans are under-represented among low-level white collar crime offenders guilty of embezzlement and fraud.

The increasingly dramatic media representation of crimes committed by businessmen is clearly correlated with an increasing fear of businessmen relative to conventional offenders.

Early 20th century journalists who exposed corruption in high places were known as:

Businessmen who committed exploitative acts were labeled _____ by E.A.Ross in Sin and Society.

When members of the upper class are portrayed as criminals in the media, the activity is more likely to be murder than corporate misdeeds.

Nobody before E.H.Sutherland had recognized that the rich and the affluent commit serious crimes in connection with their business activity.

Ralph Nader first came to public attention when he produced evidence of the superior safety of General Motors automobiles.

The field of criminology historically has focused on conventional forms of harm, such as homicide, rape, assault, burglary, robbery, theft and the like.

Recognition of the risk of being victimized by white collar crime appears to be diminishing.

The Better Business Bureau functions as an aggressive investigator of business wrongdoing.

The book White Collar Crime by Sutherland focused on the crimes of:

The in-depth coverage of white collar crime by the media has been a regular daily occurrence since the early 1970s.

Which of the books listed below was not an early 20ᵗʰ-century exposé of political or business corruption?

Which of the following is not an attribute of white collar crimes?

Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost

Corporate Crime

Occupational Crime and Avocational Crime

Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political White Collar Crime

State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime

Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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Exam 1: The Discovery of White Collar Crime

Corporations are more likely to reduce risks involving immediate worker safety than potential long-term harm to the health of workers.

Which of the following conditions does not promote whistleblowing?

Occupational crime offenders are:

Which of the following is not an example of white collar crime, broadly defined?

Factors deterring people from becoming whistleblowers are likely to include all but which of the following?

According to Sutherland, businessmen were often contemptuous of the laws governing their business activities, and did not suffer a loss of status if convicted of business-related offenses.

African Americans are under-represented among low-level white collar crime offenders guilty of embezzlement and fraud.

The increasingly dramatic media representation of crimes committed by businessmen is clearly correlated with an increasing fear of businessmen relative to conventional offenders.

Early 20th century journalists who exposed corruption in high places were known as:

Businessmen who committed exploitative acts were labeled _____ by E.A.Ross in Sin and Society.

When members of the upper class are portrayed as criminals in the media, the activity is more likely to be murder than corporate misdeeds.

Nobody before E.H.Sutherland had recognized that the rich and the affluent commit serious crimes in connection with their business activity.

Ralph Nader first came to public attention when he produced evidence of the superior safety of General Motors automobiles.

The field of criminology historically has focused on conventional forms of harm, such as homicide, rape, assault, burglary, robbery, theft and the like.

Recognition of the risk of being victimized by white collar crime appears to be diminishing.

The Better Business Bureau functions as an aggressive investigator of business wrongdoing.

The book White Collar Crime by Sutherland focused on the crimes of:

The in-depth coverage of white collar crime by the media has been a regular daily occurrence since the early 1970s.

Which of the books listed below was not an early 20ᵗʰ-century exposé of political or business corruption?

Which of the following is not an attribute of white collar crimes?

Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost

Corporate Crime

Occupational Crime and Avocational Crime

Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political White Collar Crime

State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime

Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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