Exam 14: White-Collar and Organized Crime

Just as there are criminogenic neighborhoods,there are also criminogenic corporations with a "tradition" of wrongdoing.

Those with a strong internal locus of control:

Research has shown that business majors possess lower levels of _____ than those who pursue other legitimate careers.

Which of the following increased the penalties for corporate crimes in the United States?

What is Machiavellianism?

The organizational structure of La Cosa Nostra is best described as hierarchical.

Compare and contrast occupational crime and corporate crime.Provide examples of each to support your answer.

The Morielitos organized crime group specializes primarily in:

Occupational crime has minimal financial costs,which may account for why it is not taken seriously.

The financial impact of the savings and loan scandal pales in comparison to the impact of bank robberies.

_____ was a corrupt political machine associated with the Democratic Party which ran New York City well into the twentieth century.

A promising criminal who is not of Italian descent,but who has qualities useful to the organization,may become a(n)_____ of La Cosa Nostra.

Which of the following means "let the buyer beware"?

Which of the following is considered the most serious organized crime threat in the world today?

The yakuza of Japan are well-known for their ability to operate in the underworld without being detected.

What is occupational crime?

_____ crime is committed in the name of a company's profit and growth.

A physician files an insurance claim for a procedure that was not actually performed.This is most clearly identified as _____ crime.

Most white collar crime is committed by persons of particularly high status.

For a very long period in our history,victims of defective and dangerous products could not sue corporations for damages.