Chapter 14: White Collar Crime, Organized Crime, and Cybercrime comprehensive Questions and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version

Chapter 14: White Collar Crime, Organized Crime, and
Cybercrime comprehensive Questions and Answers with
100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
Which theorist is largely credited for coining the term white-collar crime in the late 1930s in
his presidential address to the American Sociological Society
Correct Answer: Sutherland

Question 2.
T/F: There were numerous studies of corporate crime prior to Sutherland's presidential
address in the 1930s.
Correct Answer: False

Question 3.
What percentage of the 25 largest Fortune 500 corporations were convicted of a violation
between 1977 and 1990?
Correct Answer: 100%

Question 4.
T/F: white-collar/corporate crimes cost U.S. society far more each year in terms of
injuries/deaths than all street crimes combined.
Correct Answer: True

Question 5.
The President's Commission on Organized Crime noted that when defining organized crime,
the problem is with the word __________.
Correct Answer: Organized

Question 6.
Outlaw motorcycle gangs refer to themselves as "__________-percenters."
Correct Answer: 1%

Question 7.
Some have attributed the growth of prison gangs to the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision
__________.
Correct Answer: Cooper v. Pate

, Question 8.
A key component of the __________ is called Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations (RICO).
Correct Answer: Organized Crime Control Act

Question 9.
black hat hackers
Correct Answer: individuals who violate computer security essentially out of malice
or for personal gain

Question 10.
Shoulder surfing method
Correct Answer: identity theft occurs when a victim presents his or her credit card to
pay for merchandise and the offender peers over the victim's shoulder and
memorizes the card number.

Question 11.
Cyberstalking
Correct Answer: monitoring electronic communication; sending electronic messages
that threaten, insult, or harass; and using the victim's email identity to send false
messages to others or to purchase goods and services.

Question 12.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Correct Answer: established to address various problems associated with the
Internet, including piracy.

Question 13.
T/F: There is only one definition of white-collar crime
Correct Answer: False

Question 14.
T/F: unfair business practices include such behaviors as tax evasion and false advertising
Correct Answer: False

Question 15.
T/F: Organized and white-collar crime are the same
Correct Answer: False