Fines are a preferred way of dealing with criminality and are normally the sole sanction for a wide range of crimes in what continent?
a. Europe
b. North America
c. Africa
d. South America
e. Asia
a
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Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, and so on is termed as ________
a. larceny-theft b. arson c. vandalism d. fraud
Most research suggests that while there is an absence of systematic racial discrimination in the U.S. criminal justice system:
a. There is systematic ethnic discrimination. b. Jim Crow laws still result in discrimination against minorities. c. Grand apartheid is evident everywhere in the country. d. There is discrimination in some places at specific decision-making points.
Match the following white-collar crime terms to the correct definition
1. Embezzlement a. The use of an electronic communications facility to intentionally transmit a false message in furtherance of a fraudulent activity 2. Securities fraud b. A type of equity trading based on confidential information about important events that may affect the price of the issue being traded 3. Wire fraud c. The theft of money resulting from intentional manipulation of the value of equities 4. Insider trading d. The unlawful misappropriate for personal use of money, property, or other thing of value entrusted to the offender's care, custody, or control 5. Bank fraud e. Any activity that illegally inhibits competition between companies within an industry 6. Antitrust violation f. Fraud or embezzlement occurring within or against financial institutions insured or regulated by the U.S. government
In 1979, ________ was the eighth index crime to be added to the UCR's Crime Index
a. arson b. motor vehicle theft c. robbery d. murder