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The distinction drawn between occupational crime and organizational crime is that:

A) occupational crime is committed by the lower class, organizational crime by the higher class
B) occupational crime is committed by the higher class, organizational crime by the lower class
C) people commit occupational crime for personal gain, while organizational crime is committed to advance the goals of a business or corporation
D) occupational crime is committed to advance the goals of a business or corporation; people in positions of trust commit organizational crime

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White-collar crime is related to class position because:

A) their positions allow the employee more opportunities for committing crime.
B) they are considered victimless crimes and, unlike street crimes, are committed relatively frequently by the middle class..
C) individuals who lack the education do not have the knowledge it takes to commit most white-collared crimes.
D) white-collar positions are positions of power that carry with them a freedom from control, allowing for opportunities to carry out the crimes.

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Reasons (1981) estimated that about ________of all workplace accidents are due to illegal working conditions.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to an economic market that is structured in such a way that it tends to produce criminal behaviour?:

The fact that top members of a corporation do not know about the criminal activity engaged in for the benefit of the corporation is known as:

Research by Mann et al.showed that corporate offenders receive relatively light sentences because:

White-collar crime that is committed by an individual exclusively for personal gain is known as

The chief accountant of a law firm writes cheques to herself,withdrawing funds from clients' accounts.This is an example of:

An individual who violate the law in the course of practicing a legitimate occupation has committed:

The concept of a "juristic person" refers to:

The concept of "white-collar" crime was first used by:

The chief marketing officer of a tire-manufacturing corporation meets with his counterpart from a competitor company and they make a deal to divide up a sales region and fix their prices.This is an example of

Which is NOT an example of the principle that the organizational form of a corporation is a crucial feature in understanding most white-collar crime?

Crimes committed on behalf of corporations are called

An example of an occupational crime is

Goff and Reasons (1978) argued that Canada's parliament enacted anticombines laws to:

The Johns-Manville case study (asbestos poisoning among workers) is an example of:

Britain's Barings Bank,a bank which had been controlled by the same family since 1762,was bankrupted by the actions of a 28 year old trader in the bank's Singapore office. This is an example of