Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Educated middle and upper class individuals typically avoid becoming the victims of investment scams.
2. By definition, investment-related frauds victimize individuals, but not businesses or other organizations.
3. Frauds and swindles have in some cases been carried out by men who had been regarded as highly successful businessmen.
4. Frauds related to home ownership, mortgages, and apartment rentals are common.
5. Legitimate real-estate brokers never involve themselves in land sale frauds, because of the risk of losing their license.
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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a. torture warrants issued by the courts. b. ombudsmen. c. administrative regulations. d. international agreements.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Administrative courts have become an attractive alternative to traditional courts for prosecution of some forms of white collar crime. 2. Adam Smith’s original vision of a capitalist society called for the development of large, powerful trusts. 3. Efforts to prohibit monopolistic practices were not made before the 19th century. 4. The Sherman Act of 1890 prohibited efforts to prevent full and free competition, as well as restraints in trade. 5. In its early years, criminal prosecution of corporations for violations of the Sherman Act was rare, and seldom successful.
The option for a blended sentence may be given to juveniles who have received a direct file, mandatory or a prosecutorial waiver, to the adult court
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Match the term with the corresponding description
1. atavism a. serotonin 2. concordance b. supports the idea that crime is inherited genetically 3. ego c. study that concerned the size and shape of the skull and was popular from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s 4. heredity d. hormonal changes in the days before menstruation 5. phrenology e. assumes that people’s body shapes affect their personalities and hence the crimes they commit 6. neurotransmitter f. it represents the more rational part of personality 7. personality g. consists of the id, ego and superego 8. somatology h. criminals are evolutionary accidents who resemble primitive people more than modern people 9. testosterone i. a “male hormone” 10. premenstrual syndrome j. when both members of a pair act alike