Deck 14: Burglary, Home Invasions, Thefts, and White Collar Offenses

Question 1

Available research on shoplifting indicates that it is

A) almost exclusively a female offense.
B) neurotically motivated.
C) performed principally by teenagers.
D) largely due to spontaneous impulses rather than careful planning.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which statement is true about carjacking?

A) Women are carjacked more than men.
B) The driver is frequently killed by the carjacker.
C) Eighty-seven percent of carjackers are drinking alcohol at the time of the crime.
D) Carjacking incidents are highest in urban areas.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Green's concept of occupational crime would include all of the following except

A) a bank officer embezzling funds.
B) a corporation illegally dumping hazardous waste.
C) a police officer using excessive force against a suspect.
D) a restaurant employee committing motor vehicle theft during non-work hours.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which technique do most identity thieves use to explain their crimes?

A) Victim blaming
B) Duplication
C) Neutralization
D) Emotionality

Question 5

What is the essential difference between occupational crime and corporate crime?

A) Occupational crime involves large sums of money; whereas corporate crime involves smaller amounts of money.
B) In occupational crime, the individual benefits; whereas in corporate crime, the corporation benefits from the crime.
C) Corporate crime is illegal, occupational crime is legal.
D) The perpetrator of corporate crime almost always is wealthy, which is not so in occupational crime.

Question 6

The motive for most carjackings seems to be

A) vicarious gratification.
B) selling of the car.
C) killing the victim.
D) alert optimism.

Question 7

The most common form of violence in burglaries is

A) aggravated assault.
B) forcible rape.
C) arson.
D) simple assault.

Question 8

The most common type of identity theft involves

A) credit cards.
B) cell phones.
C) checking accounts.
D) social media.

Question 9

Recent research suggests that burglars often select targets that are the most

A) vulnerable.
B) challenging.
C) wealthy.
D) isolated.

Question 10

Of the following offenders,which is most likely to carefully select their targets and victims?

A) Auto thieves
B) Robbers
C) Pickpockets
D) Burglars

Question 11

Which one of the following individuals first used the term "white collar crime?"

A) Peter Letkemann
B) Edwin Sutherland
C) Gresham Sykes
D) Marvin Wolfgang

Question 12

Which of the following factors does not appear to determine whether or not a person is arrested for shoplifting?

A) The value of the item stolen
B) The address of the shoplifter
C) The gender of the shoplifter
D) The shoplifter's resistance to being apprehended

Question 13

Joe Harris is a professional burglar who has targeted the Livingston family home at 57 Mulberry Lane.On the day of the burglary,Joe notices Mrs.Livingston's car is unexpectedly parked in the driveway.Joe decides to burglarize another home on Mulberry Lane instead.Joe is using

A) occupancy cues.
B) burglar ease.
C) integrated transference.
D) systematic skill.

Question 14

Burglaries are most likely to involve

A) private residences.
B) warehouses and storage facilities.
C) convenience and liquor stores.
D) fast food restaurants.

Question 15

Research by Bennett and Wright (1984)found that

A) almost all burglaries are planned.
B) burglars generally have an irresistible or constant urge to steal or burglarize.
C) dogs and burglar alarms did not influence the decision to burglarize a residential property.
D) increased police patrols were major deterrents in decisions to burglarize.

Question 16

In addition to the other negative effects of victimization,victims of fraud and identity theft are most likely to experience

A) post-traumatic stress.
B) feelings of self-blame.
C) uncontrollable anger.
D) clinical depression.

Question 17

Which statement is true of kleptomania?

A) It is highly prevalent among female shoplifters.
B) It is highly prevalent among male shoplifters.
C) It has not been strongly substantiated by the available research.
D) It is a disease specific to Caucasian females over age forty.

Question 18

The primary motive for burglars is

A) instilling fear in victims.
B) escaping detection.
C) sexual excitement.
D) monetary gain.

Question 19

Which of the following is not considered a type of larceny/theft in the UCR?

A) Shoplifting
B) Purse snatching
C) Softlifting
D) Bicycle theft

Question 20

The most common Part I property crime is

A) motor vehicle theft.
B) burglary.
C) larceny-theft.
D) shoplifting.

Question 21

A concept that refers to the perceived discrepancy between what an individual has and what he or she would like to have is called

A) restrictive opportunity.
B) discrepant distribution of wealth.
C) relative deprivation.
D) displacement of needs fallacy.

Question 22

Burglaries are more likely to occur in January and February,after the holidays.

Question 23

Which type of crime is rarely examined in white-collar crime research?

A) Political crime
B) Embezzlement
C) Antitrust violations
D) Fraud

Question 24

Research by Merry and Hansent (2000)found that the psychological impact of burglary on victims is especially severe if the invasion involves

A) bedrooms.
B) kitchen cupboards.
C) motor vehicles.
D) decks or porches.

Question 25

According to the Vaughn et al.(2008)burglar typology,which class of burglar was the most violent?

A) The feral threat
B) The young versatile
C) The sexual predator
D) The vagrant dominator

Question 26

The irresistible impulse to steal unneeded objects is referred to as kleptomania.

Question 27

Of all property crimes,burglary probably offers the greatest probability of success with the least amount of risk.

Question 28

Research suggests that the majority of burglary victims report minimal psychological effects of the crime.

Question 29

The burglar who engages in destructive,malicious vandalism during the break-in is referred to as the ________ burglar.

A) riddlesmith
B) dominator
C) antisocial
D) feral threat

Question 30

The psychological distance between what people perceive they have now and what they feel they can realistically attain is referred to as relative deprivation.

Question 31

The standards,perceptions,and values the work group establishes for itself with or without approval by the organization is referred to as

A) work ethic.
B) employee principle.
C) unionization.
D) normative support.

Question 32

Most burglaries involve commercial establishments.

Question 33

Which one of the following offenses would not be considered larceny?

A) Shoplifting
B) Home invasion
C) Pickpocketing
D) Purse snatching

Question 34

Vaughn et al.'s 2008 research identified four classes of burglars based on ________ motives.

A) psychological
B) financial
C) sexual
D) external

Question 35

The majority of property crimes eventually result in physical aggression.

Question 36

Green's categories of white-collar crime are mutually exclusive.

Question 37

Carjacking most commonly occurs in rural,isolated areas.

Question 38

Medicare fraud committed by a physician would be considered ________ occupational crime under Green's categories.

A) medical
B) professional
C) individual
D) state-authority

Question 39

Data on shoplifting is difficult to obtain because store personnel have wide discretion in whether or not to report the incidents.

Question 40

How does larceny-theft differ from burglary?

A) It doesn't involve unlawful entry.
B) It doesn't involve violent crime.
C) It is committed by professionals.
D) It is almost always carefully planned.

Question 41

The individual who commits state-authority occupational crime is essentially violating the ________ trust.

Question 42

Alarms and window locks are examples of ________ cues.

Question 43

Explain the psychological effects of burglary on victims.How do some burglars deliberately increase these negative effects?

Question 44

Identity theft is known to victimize the deceased and ________.

Question 45

There has been a growth in the prevalence of auto theft involving ________ as a method of access.

Question 46

Carjacking often involves ________ planning and decision making.

Question 47

Describe how dehumanization makes victimization easier for identity thieves to commit their crimes.

Question 48

Official burglary rates have ________ in recent years.

Question 49

The primary motive for professional burglars is ________ gain.

Question 50

Imagine you are a security consultant for a large department store.Explain how you would target shoplifters.Include specific information about the psychological and demographic characteristics of shoplifters.

Question 51

The highest s of employee theft and counterproductive behaviors are reported by younger,unmarried,________ employees.

Question 52

Discuss the conceptual difficulty in defining white collar crime.

Question 53

When an organization is the violator of crime,civil suits are often preferred to ________ charges.

Question 54

Most of the crimes discussed in the chapter are treated as ________ crimes in official statistics.

Question 55

Do you believe kleptomania is fact or fiction? Support your answer with research described in the text.