Exam 16: White-Collar Crime

Do you think that the motives of occupational criminals are the same as, or different than, those of street criminals? Support your answer with what you have learned in class.

What theory did Walters and Geyer (2004) compare their findings to?

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

Most stolen identity information is for the personal use of the individual who stole it.

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

______ refers to the unprincipled manipulation of others for personal gain.

Which group in the Walters and Geyer (2004) study was found to most self-identify as criminal?

Just about everyone who enters cyberspace is a potential victim of cybercrime.

Do you think the causes of occupational white-collar crime differ substantially from those of street crime? Justify your answer.

Plato's allegory about the gift of invisibility and human self-interest involves

The approach that businesses should be left alone to do as they will is known as ______.

What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?

What was the test used by Walters and Geyer (2004) to measure criminal thinking patterns such as hostility, cutoff, entitlement, and power orientation?

What is Machiavellianism?

Many people see no harm in receiving and utilizing illegally copied music, movies, and software.Describe some of the reasons given and use what you have learned in class to counter them.

What are some of the factors that lead to the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s?

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

Compare and contrast the theories for white-collar crime, locus of control, moral reasoning, and Machiavellianism.

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

The Administration Improvement Act of 1979 definition of white-collar crime fails to differentiate between persons who commit crimes for personal gain and those who do so primarily on behalf of an employer.