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

1. African Americans are under-represented among low-level white collar crime offenders guilty of embezzlement and fraud.
2. African Americans are more likely to commit the type of low-level white collar crimes that are more likely to be reported, processed and recorded in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report.
3. As women have become better represented in elite corporate, occupational, and political positions, they have been less involved in white collar crime.
4. The growing recognition of the harmful and illegal actions of governments and corporations may be considered a manifestation of the contemporary crisis of confidence.
5. Resources directed at all forms of white collar crime increased exponentially in the 1980s.


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

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