Exam 14: Political Crime

The FBI took part in a counterintelligence program called _____,begun in 1941 to target the Communist and Socialist Workers parties.

Which of the following aims to change the existing order and includes such actions as terrorism,assassination,and other political violence?

Like white-collar crime,_____ is an ambiguous term.

From 1946 to 1963,for example,the military subjected up to 300,000 soldiers and civilians to radiation during atomic bomb tests in Nevada and elsewhere.This is an example of:

Crime by government and other established interests is crime by those with _____.

Understanding political crime as a function of _____ helps us in turn to understand the socio-demographic makeup of the people who commit this crime.Simply put,their race,class,and gender often mirror those of the powerful and powerless in any particular society.

Individuals and groups often commit terrorism and other _____ to change the status quo.

Which of the following is an example of genocide?

Political crime may be any illegal or socially harmful act aimed at preserving or changing the existing political and social order.

The Nazis committed _____ against the Jews when they attempted extermination.

A favorite repression strategy in totalitarian nations is to arrest and imprison dissidents.

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin committed _____ terrorism during a purge of Communist Party leaders threatened his reign.The result was thousands of executions.

Benedict Arnold is an example of a(n)_____.

This type of terrorism is initiated by private groups against other private groups to preserve the status quo.

Crime by government is called also called state-crime.

The deliberate extermination of a group because of its race,religion,ethnicity,or nationality is called genocide.

Crime can only be committed by individuals,not governments.

Explain treason.Provide an example of a recent case.

Espionage is more commonly known as ______.

Explain genocide.