Describe the three-state process defined by Cressey that characterized typical embezzlers.

What will be an ideal response?


Stage I: Individuals are faced with a need for money that they do not feel they can share with family members.
Stage II: They recognized an opportunity to solve the problem.
Stage III: They manage to avoid internalizing a criminal identity by rationalizing their acts as borrowing rather than stealing.

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

1. The most frequently prosecuted state and federal official misconduct is the blackmail of a public official. 2. Bribery and graft both require an intent to influence or to be influenced. 3. Crimes of official misconduct are defined as the knowingly corrupt behavior by a public official in the exercise of his or her official responsibilities. 4. Sociologist Robert K. Merton pioneered the concept of white-collar crime. 5. he Justice Department defines white-collar crime as a crime committed by an individual of respectability and high social status in the course of his or her occupation.

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In 2005, there were ______ federal prison facilities dispersed across the country.

A. about 50 B. about 100 C. about 150 D. more than 200

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List the standard steps in a criminal jury trial

What will be an ideal response?

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Officers that move from one department to another are called _________________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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