Deck 5: Crime in Systems of Social Control

Question 1

What is a system of social control?

A) Professions that directly or indirectly control human behavior.
B) Systems designed to decrease white-collar crime activity.
C) Government groups tasked with monitoring known white-collar offenders.
D) Oversight groups who provide information about potential white-collar offenses.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What type of corruption do shakedowns, fixing cases, and opportunistic theft describe?

A) police corruption
B) political misconduct
C) attorney misconduct
D) correctional officer misconduct

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What type of police misconduct is defined as accepting bribes from offenders in exchange for not enforcing the law?

A) kickbacks
B) fixing cases
C) shakedowns
D) corruption of authority

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following describes some of the consequences for police corruption?

A) diminished effectiveness and demoralization in the department
B) lack of accountability in courts and diminished effectiveness
C) lack of accountability in courts and demoralization in department
D) spread of corruption and lack of accountability in courts

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a crime classified as attorney misconduct?

A) making statements to authorities
B) charging fees for extra work
C) giving advice to clients
D) failure to provide competent representation

Question 6

How can attorneys be sanctioned for actions of misconduct?

A) suspension of license
B) having to pay a fine
C) written apology and fine
D) public reprimand

Question 7

If a judge takes too much time to give a ruling in a court case, the judge is engaging in what type of judicial misconduct?

A) decisional delay
B) pressuring the jury
C) failure to ensure rights
D) appearance of bias

Question 8

What led to the increase in allegations of judicial misconduct in the early 1990s?

A) increased media attention
B) new laws
C) development of formal commissions
D) public demand

Question 9

Legal expert Alschuler identified types of prosecutorial misconduct including which of the following?

A) forcing defendants to testify
B) destroying evidence
C) expressing personal belief about a defendant's guilt
D) defying judges' orders

Question 10

Which of the following is a possible consequence of prosecutorial misconduct?

A) breeding crime
B) negative community perceptions
C) diminished effectiveness
D) demoralization in office

Question 11

What has been identified as a cause for misconduct of officers in the prisons?

A) opportunity and easy access
B) officers work without partners or supervision
C) high degree of discretion given to low-level officers
D) high turnover of officers

Question 12

Which of the following is a type of crime typically committed by a correctional officer?

A) payoffs
B) drug smuggling
C) kickbacks
D) shakedowns

Question 13

Which type of crime occurs in the military system?

A) shakedowns of civilians
B) enemy civilian social system crimes
C) prosecutorial misconduct
D) protection of illegal activities

Question 14

Which type of crime in the military system is defined as crimes committed against citizens of another country?

A) intra-occupational crimes
B) extra-occupational crimes
C) enemy civilian social system crimes
D) foreign friendly civilian crimes

Question 15

If a soldier takes property belonging to foreign combatants captured during fighting, what type of crime would this be?

A) foreign friendly civilian crime
B) enemy civilian social system crime
C) intra-occupational crime
D) extra-occupational crime

Question 16

How are crimes in the military system, or khaki-collar crimes, defined and developed?

A) U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice
B) Law of the Armed Services
C) Armed Forces Code of Justice
D) Department of Justice

Question 17

How are crimes committed in the military system addressed?

A) through state criminal justice systems
B) by the Department of Justice
C) within a military justice system
D) through a special justice system

Question 18

Why are financial crimes in the religious system hard to uncover?

A) There is little oversight of a church's financial transactions.
B) Financial crime is not that prevalent in the religious system.
C) Clergy are unaware they are committing a crime.
D) Church members believe the clergy are using the funds on behalf of the church.

Question 19

When church leaders lie to constituents and promote a "holier than thou" appearance, what type of crime is being committed and why?

A) Financial because it leads to more donations.
B) Deception because church leaders can engage in scandalous activities as well.
C) Corruption of authority because they are gaining trust under false pretenses.
D) Abuse of authority because they are using the church for personal gain.

Question 20

Which of the following is a true statement about the sexual abuse and misconduct that has occurred in the Catholic Church?

A) Four percent of acting priests between 1950 and 2002 had allegations of abuse.
B) The majority of victims were older than the typical victim.
C) Over half of the priests sexually abusing children were substance abusers as well.
D) The church has paid out about $100 million in settlements,

Question 21

Which of the following types and categories of crime are explained by researchers with the "bad apple" theory?

A) military crimes
B) police corruption
C) sexual abuse by priests
D) attorney misconduct

Question 22

In their research on the church sexual abuse scandal, White and Terry drew parallels between the police and clergy as offenders and came to which conclusion?

A) Both police and clergy engaged in the same type of crimes.
B) Police officers commit more crimes than the clergy.
C) Police officers are supported by deviance prevention programs and the clergy are not.
D) Both groups face justice for their crimes when accused.

Question 23

It is estimated that 90% of complaints filed against judges are dismissed.

Question 24

The prosecutor has been described as the "most powerful position in the criminal justice system."

Question 25

Only one half of sexual abuse complaints against a correctional officer are ever substantiated.

Question 26

Enemy civilian social system crimes, like torture and mistreatment of prisoners, are crimes committed against the enemy military system.

Question 27

In spite of an extremely critical report in 2018 about the church's coverup of abuse, the Catholic church has been increasingly transparent about its efforts to respond to its sexual abuse problem.

Question 28

Embezzlement is a common type of crime that is committed by church leaders as a type of crime in the religious system.

Question 29

Disclosure patterns of victims of sexual abuse by a priest and sexual abuse from another type of offender are very similar in nature.

Question 30

Contrary to popular belief, male victims are not targeted more than female victims by priests for sexual abuse.

Question 31

Describe the irony that occurs with crimes in the military, criminal justice, and religious systems.

Question 32

Describe two of the consequences of prosecutorial misconduct.

Question 33

Describe two crimes that occur in the military.

Question 34

Describe the deception that occurs in the religious system by church leaders.

Question 35

Discuss the effects of police corruption in America. Give examples as support.

Question 36

Define and discuss three types of attorney misconduct.

Question 37

What are the potential white-collar crimes that can occur in the religious system?