Exam 8: Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

The specific views of Freud on crime can be best linked with white collar crime which has a _____ character.

Those who have prominently promoted the neo-classical and rational choice perspective have focused most of their attention on white collar criminals, not conventional offenders.

Donald Cressey criticized the treatment of corporate crime by other researchers (e.g., Sutherland; Clinard and Yeager) on which of the following grounds?

According to the text, conflict theory is primarily concerned with which of the following?

Organizations may be said to create opportunities for illegal conduct.

Katz wrote about the moral and sensual attractions to crime, a concept which can also be applied to white collar crime.

In a study of white collar delinquency, Hagan and Kay found that males from the employer class were somewhat less likely than others to engage in illegal copying.

Which of the following factors did Marx and Engels see as the primary cause of crime, including white collar crime?

An explanation for white collar crime which focuses on the structural conditions pertaining to society and organizations belongs to which of the following levels?

The liquor industry and the automobile industry are cited as industries with conditions strongly constraining or limiting illegal activity.

Among contemporary students of white collar crime, there is a division between those who regard personality as a negligible factor and those who believe it is significant.

In a spiritualistic perspective white collar crime could be regarded as reflecting a "sacred void" in the face of relentless secular and materialist forces.

Identify and discuss the principal arguments on both sides of the debate over whether there is such a thing as corporate or organizational criminality.Which factors seem most important in explaining the crimes of corporations or organizations?

Social control theory suggests that employees with strong bonds are more likely to steal from their employer.

It has been found that top managers typically order middle managers, in very direct terms, to violate laws in order to maximize profits.

According to the text, Merton's theory of anomie is only applicable to lower class, or unsuccessful, people.

Some research has found that women are underrepresented among white collar offenders, and that different motivations can play a role when they do commit such offenses.

Which of the following is not one of the fundamental elements invoked to explain criminal behavior?

Critically evaluate the contribution of the conflict perspective, in its Marxist, radical, and contemporary critical criminological forms, to our understanding of white collar crime.How can a focus on criminalization contribute to our understanding of white collar crime?

For Marx and Engels, the worst crimes were those committed by capitalists against workers.