What types of white-collar crime has this chapter identified? Is corporate crime a form of white-collar crime? Is occupational crime a form of white-collar crime?

What will be an ideal response?


This chapter has identified a wide variety of white-collar crimes. Most are types of financial crimes, corporate fraud, securities and commodities fraud, health care fraud, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, mass-marketing fraud, and money laundering. The chapter also discusses environmental crimes and the involvement of terrorists in white-collar crime.

Corporate crime is a form of white-collar crime – essentially it is corporate malfeasance, a situation in which a crime is committed by a corporate entity or by the corporation's executives, employees or agents who are acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the corporation.

Occupational crime is any crime committed through opportunity created in the course of a legal occupation. Answers will vary.

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This is of greatest concern to which ethical system? a. Utilitarianism b. Formalism c. Virtue Ethics d. None of the above

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What is Damasio’s somatic marker hypothesis? How does head trauma impact behavior according to this theory?

What will be an ideal response?

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The southern Italians developed an ideal of:

a. manliness b. omertá c. vendetta d. all of these

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The detective bureau is considered the backbone of policing

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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