White-collar crime is low in visibility because_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Which of the following is considered a white-collar crime ?

   A. consumer fraud
   B. bribery
   C. income tax evasion
   D. each of the above

3. What sociological theory of crime and deviance emphasizes sub-cultural belief systems as a major contributor to crime ?

   A. Social Control theory
   B. Anomie theory
   C. Lower Class Focal Value theory
   D. Social Process theory
   E. Strain theory

4. White-collar and corporate crimes______________?

   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

5. Bernstein though that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because_____________?

   A. this pattern of speech made them the target of bullying
   B. they referred to explicit context independent meanings
   C. they prevented children from communicating outside of their peer groups
   D. they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

6. Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because_____________?

   A. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution
   B. they lead more people to be defined as in poverty
   C. the median is a more accurate measurement of earning than the mean
   D. all of the above

7. Marriage appears to be in decline because_____________?

   A. the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 29%
   B. many people are cohabiting in long term relationships
   C. the upward curve of remarriages compensates for the drop in first marriages
   D. all of the above

8. Women have been excluded from the public sphere because_____________?

   A. industrial capitalism separated the middle-class home from the workplace
   B. those who enter paid employments have been sidelined into particular fields
   C. it is difficult to succeed in malestream politics without compromising their femininity
   D. all of the above

9. According to Davis (1995) women may seek cosmetic surgery because_____________?

   A. they have a deep-rooted sense of ineffectiveness and are striving for control
   B. they are in pursuit of the perfect body fueled by images of beauty
   C. they perceive a part of their body as stigmatizing in relation to a cultural ideal
   D. their male partners pressurize them to look like supermodels

10. Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant because_____________?

    A. sociologists like to put a value on different theories
    B. knowledge refers to people and their values
    C. theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values
    D. attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable