A. are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities
B. are not very costly compared to the dollar cost of other crimes
C. are crimes the average person is less likely to experience than street crime
D. usually result in severe punishment for those who are caught
Related Mcqs:
- White-collar crime is low in visibility because______________?
A. it involves only small amounts of money
B. the proletariat can outsmart the bourgeoisie
C. the police turn a blind eye to corporate crime
D. it goes undetected in the context of everyday business transactions - Which of the following is considered a white-collar crime ?
A. consumer fraud
B. bribery
C. income tax evasion
D. each of the above - White-collar crime is low in visibility because_____________?
A. it involves only small amounts of money
B. the proletariat can outsmart the bourgeoise
C. the police turn a blind eye to corporate crime
D. it goes undected in the context of everybody business transactions - Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes ?
A. victims may not realise that a crime has been committed
B. it is more difficult to apportion blame to corporate criminals
C. legal systems are founded on individual not collective responsibility
D. corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual - Informal control exists in______________?
A. Primary groups
B. Secondary groups
C. In social settings
D. None of these - Which term was introduced by Charles Per row to refer to failures that are inevitable given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized ?
A. the Per row principle
B. the Peter principle
C. the school principal
D. normal accidents - What is the most common reason people give for not reporting a crime ?
A. fear of reprisal
B. dislike of the police
C. too trivial for the police
D. best dealt with privately - Main source of social control is through ?
A. Social norms and traditions
B. Law enforcing agencies
C. Clan System
D. None of these - The term terrorism has its origins in_____________?
A. the Roman Empire
B. Revolutionary France
C. Nazi Germany
D. the English Civil War - Conflict theorists_____________?
A. emphasize that the values of society serve all members of society
B. see the capitalist ruling class as protecting the masses
C. argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal
D. None of the above reflects the thinking of conflict theorists
