In Santana v. Callazo, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a suit brought by residents at the Maricao Juvenile Camp in Puerto Rico on the grounds that the administration had
a. kept them incarcerated past their 18th birthday
b. not provided adequate meals.
c. unfairly limited medical care.
d. failed to provide them with an individualized rehabilitation plan or adequate treatment.
d
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Despite its popularity, Facebook has been connected to a variety of white-collar crimes. 2. Happens when investments made by consumers are managed or influenced fraudulently by stockbrokers or other officials in the economic system. 3. One of the types of white-collar crime that was part of the Enron scandal involved fraud based manipulations. 4. While Bernie Madoff’s investment schemes were quite diverse and occurred over a long period of time they were at heart the same scheme invented by Charles Ponzi at the beginning of the 20th century. 5. The Commodity Exchange Act stipulates that the Federal Trade Commission address pyramid schemes as false and deceptive business practices that can result in fines over $100,000.
Vincent tells the police that he heard strange noises in his home at midnight. Vincent believes that something was stolen in his house, but the police find that nothing was missing in his home. The police also find no evidence for such a crime and hence do not complete the report for it. This action of the police exemplifies
A. the code of silence. B. a positive use of discretion. C. the denial of due process. D. an under-enforcement of the law.
Crime is one of our most important social problems
a. True b. False
Like conflict theory, radical theory’s views seem less relevant for _____ than for consensual offenses and political criminality
a. White-collar crime b. Street crime c. Environmental crime d. Government