Exam 4 WCC 87 Questions with Verified Answers 100% CORRECT
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Exam 4 WCC 87 Questions with Verified Answers
Characteristics of white collar crime - CORRECT ANSWER -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 us...
Exam 4 WCC 87 Questions with Verified Answers
Characteristics of white collar crime - CORRECT ANSWER -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: - CORRECT ANSWER -
deception
-abuse of trust
-concealment
-conspiracy
regulations can affect opportunities for white-collar crimes: - CORRECT ANSWER -
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 - CORRECT ANSWER 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER true
T/F if a form of white-collar crime is very innovative, legal controls are able to
limit these opportunities - CORRECT ANSWER 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technology may be outdated - CORRECT ANSWER true
, extralegal controls - CORRECT ANSWER 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 - CORRECT ANSWER 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 - CORRECT ANSWER true
what would target hardening look like? - CORRECT ANSWER public information
campaigns (contacting the media, public service announcements, etc)
how do we increase guardianship? - CORRECT ANSWER alarms, security,
passwords, limited access to sensitive information, randomized audits,
encouraging whistle-blowing, etc.
using data analytics - CORRECT ANSWER 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 - CORRECT ANSWER use raw data from multiple sources to
draw conclusions and flag possible illegal activity for further inspection.
T/F the SEC uses data analytics to identify unusual patterns in the buying and
selling of stocks - CORRECT ANSWER true
T/F private companies like First American Mortgage solutions do not screen loan
applications for fraud - CORRECT ANSWER false
T/F the federal crop insurance program insures farmers against floods and natural
disasters. Farmers sometimes insure one field against failure, harvest that field
and claim that if comes from a separate field, and file a claim for the original field
- CORRECT ANSWER true
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