Exam 14: Crucial Issues in Criminal Justice

________is a technique used by a white-collar criminal where a dishonest stockbroker steals funds from a client rather than investing those funds in the stock market as promised.

The application of computer technology tohelp find and utilize evidence of cyber crimes is called  ____. ​

Recently, Utah became the first state tocreate a registry for white-collar criminals, which includes anyone convicted of second-degree frauds or other financial felonies since 2006. According tostate officials, the registry serves twopurposes: offering investors information about con artists, and providing incentives for felons topay restitution totheir victims-a prerequisite for removal from the list. You are the newly appointed Attorney General for the state of Idahoand you're contemplating whether or not Utah's example of "white collar shaming" could be effective as a deterrent for future fraudsters of your state. Aside from your office, others in the state senate feel that passing these types of sanctioning laws would definitely reduce the incident rate by those whowish tocarry out these types of offenses. What doyou do? Doyou work with those senators todraft a new sanctioning law or doyou defer and attempt togather more information regarding the practical and deterrent effects of such laws? Please explain your decision.

Which federal law passed in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has greatly expanded the ability of government agents tomonitor and apprehend suspected terrorists? ​

With the advent of the Internet, child pornography has become much easier todisseminate for three specific reasons. Which of the following is NoT one of these reasons. ​

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act was passed in response to: ​

With the advent of the Internet, child pornography became much easier todisseminate. Explain the three reasons for this development.

What is alsoknown as "influence peddling" and occurs in the business world when somebody within a company sells influence, power, or information toa person outside the company whocan benefit? ​

Which of the following is NoT one of the designations of being "mentally defective" ? ​

The ________ has become the lead agency when it comes towhite-collar crime investigation, particularly in response torecent financial scandals. ​

__________________ refers tophysical harm toindividuals or the environment that occurs as the result of corporate policies or decision making. ​

For legal purposes, a corporation can be treated as a person capable of forming the intent necessary tocommit a crime. In September 2015, General Motors Co. (GM)admitted criminal wrongdoing related toflawed ignition switches in its automobiles and paid a $900-million fine tothe federal government. The faulty switches would cause the cars' engines toshut off for noapparent reason, putting drivers and passengers at considerable risk. GM employees were aware of the defect-which has been linked toat least 124 deaths and numerous injuries-for nearly a decade before addressing the problem. The deaths and injuries caused by GM's deception and negligence are an example of corporate violence. In contrast toassaults committed by individual people, corporate violence is a result of policies or actions undertaken by a corporation. As the chief prosecutor of Detroit, Michigan, you are well aware that GM knew about these faulty ignition switches and opted not toaddress the matter. As a result, a family of four in your city died in an automobile accident caused by a faulty ignition switch. Although GM has paid out millions in civil and criminal penalties, you have been asked by the remaining family members of this family toconsider filing state criminal charges of voluntary manslaughter, conspiracy, criminal negligence, and fraud against the CEo, seven Vice-Presidents, and four members of the engineering department. The family feels that they should pay with prison time, not just with money. Doyou file criminal charges against the aforementioned GM officials, or doyou elect not to? Please fully explain your decision.

Explain why privacy expectations are soimportant tothe federal government's metadata surveillance operations.