Exam 4 WCC Questions with Complete
Solutions15
characteristics of white collar crime - ANSWERS--offender has legitimate access to the victim
- physical or spatial separation between the victim and the offender
-superficial appearance of legitimacy
the characteristics allow for the use of techniques: - ANSWERS--deception
-abuse of trust
-concealment
-conspiracy
regulations can affect opportunities for white-collar crimes: - ANSWERS--by setting the
parameters of "legitimate" access to individuals, information, services, etc.
- by making it more difficult or riskier for offenders to deceive potential victims
-overall, increasing transparency should reduce opportunities for white-collar crimes, but some
offenders will try to work around it
T/F increasing transparency should reduce opportunities for white-collar crimes, but some
offenders will try to work around it - ANSWERS-true
T/F the law is flexible and able to adapt to new/changing social conditions (and new variants of
crime), however, sometimes it is too slow to change - ANSWERS-true
T/F if a form of white-collar crime is very innovative, legal controls are able to limit these
opportunities - ANSWERS-false
, T/F it may take years to develop legislation, politicians may not understand what the offense
actually is and how best to combat it. By this time the crime or technology may be outdated -
ANSWERS-true
extralegal controls - ANSWERS-these tend to focus on the prevention of white collar crime.
These controls can vary widely- include socialization about right/wrong, beliefs about
right/wrong, pressure from friends, family, or other about what is right/wrong.
Routine activities theory - ANSWERS-motivated offender, suitable target, lack of capable
guardian
T/F RAT suggests that we could engage in target hardening to limit target suitability, increase
guardianship or monitoring. To prevent crime would focus on any of the three aspects -
ANSWERS-true
what would target hardening look like? - ANSWERS-public information campaigns (contacting
the media, public service announcements, etc)
how do we increase guardianship? - ANSWERS-alarms, security, passwords, limited access to
sensitive information, randomized audits, encouraging whistle-blowing, etc.
using data analytics - ANSWERS-it's popularity is rising across the field of criminology (Florida
department of Juvenile Justice, Florida Department of corrections, pretrial risk assessment
instruments, predictive policing models)
data science/ analytics - ANSWERS-use raw data from multiple sources to draw conclusions and
flag possible illegal activity for further inspection.
Solutions15
characteristics of white collar crime - ANSWERS--offender has legitimate access to the victim
- physical or spatial separation between the victim and the offender
-superficial appearance of legitimacy
the characteristics allow for the use of techniques: - ANSWERS--deception
-abuse of trust
-concealment
-conspiracy
regulations can affect opportunities for white-collar crimes: - ANSWERS--by setting the
parameters of "legitimate" access to individuals, information, services, etc.
- by making it more difficult or riskier for offenders to deceive potential victims
-overall, increasing transparency should reduce opportunities for white-collar crimes, but some
offenders will try to work around it
T/F increasing transparency should reduce opportunities for white-collar crimes, but some
offenders will try to work around it - ANSWERS-true
T/F the law is flexible and able to adapt to new/changing social conditions (and new variants of
crime), however, sometimes it is too slow to change - ANSWERS-true
T/F if a form of white-collar crime is very innovative, legal controls are able to limit these
opportunities - ANSWERS-false
, T/F it may take years to develop legislation, politicians may not understand what the offense
actually is and how best to combat it. By this time the crime or technology may be outdated -
ANSWERS-true
extralegal controls - ANSWERS-these tend to focus on the prevention of white collar crime.
These controls can vary widely- include socialization about right/wrong, beliefs about
right/wrong, pressure from friends, family, or other about what is right/wrong.
Routine activities theory - ANSWERS-motivated offender, suitable target, lack of capable
guardian
T/F RAT suggests that we could engage in target hardening to limit target suitability, increase
guardianship or monitoring. To prevent crime would focus on any of the three aspects -
ANSWERS-true
what would target hardening look like? - ANSWERS-public information campaigns (contacting
the media, public service announcements, etc)
how do we increase guardianship? - ANSWERS-alarms, security, passwords, limited access to
sensitive information, randomized audits, encouraging whistle-blowing, etc.
using data analytics - ANSWERS-it's popularity is rising across the field of criminology (Florida
department of Juvenile Justice, Florida Department of corrections, pretrial risk assessment
instruments, predictive policing models)
data science/ analytics - ANSWERS-use raw data from multiple sources to draw conclusions and
flag possible illegal activity for further inspection.
