Question 1

A white-collar crime in which a stockbroker makes repeated trades with a client's account in order to fraudulently increase his or her commissions is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  chiseling. 
B)  churning. 
C)  front running. 
D)  bucketing.

Question 2

How are individual-level white-collar crimes and corporate crimes similar? Include in your discussion whether the causal factors explaining these crimes are similar.

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Question 3

An auto repair shop charging customers for bogus repairs is _________.

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Question 4

Failing to pay taxes on time and report income are examples of which type of tax fraud?

Accepted Answer

A)  passive neglect 
B)  open neglect 
C)  unintentional neglect 
D)  careless neglect

Question 5

The Mafia originated in ___________ around 1860, and started as a criminal gang employed by wealthy landowners to function as agents of social and land control.

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Question 6

According to the _______ view, some organizations promote criminal enterprise in the same way that lower-class culture encourages the development of juvenile gangs and street crime.

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Question 7

__________________occurs when a corporate employee with direct knowledge of market-sensitive information uses it to buy and sell securities, giving the employee-trader an unfair advantage over the general public.

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Question 8

Transporting timber or wood products in violation of laws or treaties is an example of a green crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Identify and explain the causes of enterprise crime.

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Question 10

Discuss through the use of three examples the recent prevalence of green-collar crimes and how law enforcement is addressing these crimes.

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Question 11

In the 1930s, Sutherland first used the phrase __________________ to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.

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Question 12

Corporations can circumvent economic sanctions by:

Accepted Answer

A)  declaring bankruptcy. 
B)  moving their rule-violating activities overseas. 
C)  merging with another corporation. 
D)  devaluing their stock.

Question 13

One example of health care fraud involves billing for more expensive services or procedures than were actually provided or performed. This practice is termed ______ and requires "inflation" of the patient's diagnosis code to a more serious condition consistent with the false procedure code.

Accepted Answer

A)  ladder coding 
B)  trade coding 
C)  upcoding 
D)  step coding

Question 14

Explain what is meant by a Ponzi scheme and how the term originated.

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Question 15

Piracy is an example of an activity of transnational organized crime groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Efforts to control transnational organized crime are typically in the hands of agencies located within the ______ level of government.

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Question 17

According to the _________________ approach to green crimes, environmental harm is viewed as any human activity that disrupts a biosystem, destroying plant and animal life.

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Question 18

Systematic theft of company property by employees is common and is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  front running. 
B)  bucketing. 
C)  steering. 
D)  pilferage.

Question 19

The factor that distinguishes corporate crime from individual-level white-collar crime is that with corporate crime, the perpetrator is a(n) _______ and not a(n) _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  corporate officer, stockholder 
B)  legal fiction, individual 
C)  partnership, group 
D)  business monopoly, board of control

Question 20

A group boycott occurs when there is a conspiracy to set and control the price of a necessary commodity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Enterprise Crime: White-Collar, Green-Collar, and Transnational Organized Crime

A white-collar crime in which a stockbroker makes repeated trades with a client's account in order to fraudulently increase his or her commissions is known as:

How are individual-level white-collar crimes and corporate crimes similar? Include in your discussion whether the causal factors explaining these crimes are similar.

An auto repair shop charging customers for bogus repairs is _________.

Failing to pay taxes on time and report income are examples of which type of tax fraud?

The Mafia originated in ___________ around 1860, and started as a criminal gang employed by wealthy landowners to function as agents of social and land control.

According to the _______ view, some organizations promote criminal enterprise in the same way that lower-class culture encourages the development of juvenile gangs and street crime.

__________________occurs when a corporate employee with direct knowledge of market-sensitive information uses it to buy and sell securities, giving the employee-trader an unfair advantage over the general public.

Transporting timber or wood products in violation of laws or treaties is an example of a green crime.

Identify and explain the causes of enterprise crime.

Discuss through the use of three examples the recent prevalence of green-collar crimes and how law enforcement is addressing these crimes.

In the 1930s, Sutherland first used the phrase __________________ to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.

Corporations can circumvent economic sanctions by:

One example of health care fraud involves billing for more expensive services or procedures than were actually provided or performed. This practice is termed ______ and requires "inflation" of the patient's diagnosis code to a more serious condition consistent with the false procedure code.

Explain what is meant by a Ponzi scheme and how the term originated.

Piracy is an example of an activity of transnational organized crime groups.

Efforts to control transnational organized crime are typically in the hands of agencies located within the ______ level of government.

According to the _________________ approach to green crimes, environmental harm is viewed as any human activity that disrupts a biosystem, destroying plant and animal life.

Systematic theft of company property by employees is common and is called:

The factor that distinguishes corporate crime from individual-level white-collar crime is that with corporate crime, the perpetrator is a(n) _ and not a(n) ___.

A group boycott occurs when there is a conspiracy to set and control the price of a necessary commodity.