What is the “social cost” of white-collar crime? Why does this cost often become overshadowed by the cost of “street crime” in public discussions of crime?

What will be an ideal response?


White-collar crimes violate trust and therefore create mistrust, which lowers social morale and produces social disorganization on a large scale. Explain street crime dominance as well.

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You serve on a board that is in the process of reviewing a complaint against an area police officer. You will be helping to investigate the complaint and make a recommendation, but you will leave it to internal affairs to determine action

What is this an example of? A) civilian monitor B) civilian review C) citizen complaint D) citizen input

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Interfamilial sexual abuse refers to exploitative sexual contact with perpetrators who may be known or unknown to the victim

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Signals which help an individual determine those situations in which a particular behavior may be appropriate are known as:

a. Reinforcements. b. Schedules of consequences. c. Discriminative stimuli. d. Modeling.

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If today's criminal justice process were graphically depicted, the diagram would be linear

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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