Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. It has been generally agreed that the term white collar crime should be restricted to violations of the criminal law, rather than being more broadly defined.
2. Even when laws attempting to control certain forms of corporate activities are adopted, elite interests often have the power to influence the meaning of the laws.
3. The term law has had a single, settled meaning in the course of Western history.
4. As a society becomes larger, more complex and more heterogeneous, the historical tendency is to rely increasingly upon formal laws in response to white collar crime.
5. Antitrust law, directed against monopolistic practices, is at odds with Adam Smith’s views of capitalism.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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