Crime In Systems Of Social Control Chapter 5 Test Bank - Complete Test Bank | White Collar Crime 3e by Payne by Brian K. Payne. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 5: Crime in Systems of Social Control
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
- What is a system of social control?
- Professions that directly or indirectly control human behavior.
- Systems designed to decrease white-collar crime activity.
- Government groups tasked with monitoring known white-collar offenders.
- Oversight groups who provide information about potential white-collar
offenses.
Learning Objective: 5-1: Summarize systems of social control and their connection to white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
- What type of corruption do shakedowns, fixing cases, and opportunistic
theft describe?
- police corruption
- political misconduct
- attorney misconduct
- correctional officer misconduct
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Police Corruption
Difficulty Level: Easy
- What type of police misconduct is defined as accepting bribes from offenders
in exchange for not enforcing the law?
- kickbacks
- fixing cases
- shakedowns
- corruption of authority
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Police Corruption
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Which of the following describes some of the consequences for police
corruption?
- diminished effectiveness and demoralization in the department
- lack of accountability in courts and diminished effectiveness
- lack of accountability in courts and demoralization in department
- spread of corruption and lack of accountability in courts
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Police Corruption
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Which of the following is an example of a crime classified as attorney
misconduct?
- making statements to authorities
- charging fees for extra work
- giving advice to clients
- failure to provide competent representation
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Attorney Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Easy
- How can attorneys be sanctioned for actions of misconduct?
- suspension of license
- having to pay a fine
- written apology and fine
- public reprimand
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Attorney Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. If a judge takes too much time to give a ruling in a court case, the judge is
engaging in what type of judicial misconduct?
- decisional delay
- pressuring the jury
- failure to ensure rights
- appearance of bias
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Judicial Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. What led to the increase in allegations of judicial misconduct in the early
1990s?
- increased media attention
- new laws
- development of formal commissions
- public demand
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Judicial Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Legal expert Alschuler identified types of prosecutorial misconduct including which of the following?
- forcing defendants to testify
- destroying evidence
- expressing personal belief about a defendant’s guilt
- defying judges’ orders
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of white-collar crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following is a possible consequence of prosecutorial misconduct?
- breeding crime
- negative community perceptions
- diminished effectiveness
- demoralization in office
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. What has been identified as a cause for misconduct of officers in the
prisons?
- opportunity and easy access
- officers work without partners or supervision
- high degree of discretion given to low-level officers
- high turnover of officers
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Correctional Officer Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Which of the following is a type of crime typically committed by a
correctional officer?
- payoffs
- drug smuggling
- kickbacks
- shakedowns
Learning Objective: 5-2: Discuss the types of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Correctional Officer Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which type of crime occurs in the military system?
- shakedowns of civilians
- enemy civilian social system crimes
- prosecutorial misconduct
- protection of illegal activities
Learning Objective: 5-3: Explain how crime occurs in the military.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Crimes in the Military System
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Which type of crime in the military system is defined as crimes committed
against citizens of another country?
- intra-occupational crimes
- extra-occupational crimes
- enemy civilian social system crimes
- foreign friendly civilian crimes
Learning Objective: 5-3: Explain how crime occurs in the military.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Crimes in the Military System
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. If a soldier takes property belonging to foreign combatants captured during fighting, what type of crime would this be?
- foreign friendly civilian crime
- enemy civilian social system crime
- intra-occupational crime
- extra-occupational crime
Learning Objective: 5-3: Explain how crime occurs in the military.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Crimes in the Military System
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. How are crimes in the military system, or khaki-collar crimes, defined and
developed?
- U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice
- Law of the Armed Services
- Armed Forces Code of Justice
- Department of Justice
Learning Objective: 5-3: Explain how crime occurs in the military.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Crimes in the Military System
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. How are crimes committed in the military system addressed?
- through state criminal justice systems
- by the Department of Justice
- within a military justice system
- through a special justice system
Learning Objective: 5-3: Explain how crime occurs in the military.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Crimes in the Military System
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Why are financial crimes in the religious system hard to uncover?
- There is little oversight of a church’s financial transactions.
- Financial crime is not that prevalent in the religious system.
- Clergy are unaware they are committing a crime.
- Church members believe the clergy are using the funds on behalf
of the church.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Financial Offenses in the Religious System
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. When church leaders lie to constituents and promote a “holier than thou” appearance, what type of crime is being committed and why?
- Financial because it leads to more donations.
- Deception because church leaders can engage in scandalous activities as
well.
- Corruption of authority because they are gaining trust under false pretenses.
- Abuse of authority because they are using the church for personal gain.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Deception in the Religious System
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Which of the following is a true statement about the sexual abuse and
misconduct that has occurred in the Catholic Church?
- Four percent of acting priests between 1950 and 2002 had allegations of
abuse.
- The majority of victims were older than the typical victim.
- Over half of the priests sexually abusing children were substance abusers as
well.
- The church has paid out about $100 million in settlements,
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Which of the following types and categories of crime are explained
by researchers with the “bad apple” theory?
- military crimes
- police corruption
- sexual abuse by priests
- attorney misconduct
Learning Objective: 5-2: Describe the type of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Police Corruption
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. In their research on the church sexual abuse scandal, White and Terry drew parallels between the police and clergy as offenders and came to which conclusion?
- Both police and clergy engaged in the same type of crimes.
- Police officers commit more crimes than the clergy.
- Police officers are supported by deviance prevention programs and the clergy
are not.
- Both groups face justice for their crimes when accused.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate white-collar crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/ False
- It is estimated that 90% of complaints filed against judges are dismissed.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Describe the type of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Judicial Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Easy
- The prosecutor has been described as the “most powerful position in the
criminal justice system.”
Learning Objective: 5-2: Describe the type of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Only one half of sexual abuse complaints against a correctional officer are
ever substantiated.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Describe the type of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Correctional Officer Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Enemy civilian social system crimes, like torture and mistreatment of
prisoners, are crimes committed against the enemy military system.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Explain how crime occurs in the military.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Crimes in the Military System
Difficulty Level: Easy
- In spite of an extremely critical report in 2018 about the church’s
coverup of abuse, the Catholic church has been increasingly transparent about its efforts to respond to its sexual abuse problem.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Embezzlement is a common type of crime that is committed by church leaders
as a type of crime in the religious system.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Financial Offenses in the Religious System
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Disclosure patterns of victims of sexual abuse by a priest and sexual abuse
from another type of offender are very similar in nature.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Contrary to popular belief, male victims are not targeted more than female
victims by priests for sexual abuse.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
- Describe the irony that occurs with crimes in the military, criminal justice, and
religious systems.
Learning Objective: 5-1: Summarize systems of social control and their connection to white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
- Describe two of the consequences of prosecutorial misconduct.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Describe the type of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Describe two crimes that occur in the military.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Explain how crime occurs in the military.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Crimes in the Military System
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Describe the deception that occurs in the religious system by church leaders.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Deception in the Religious System
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
- Discuss the effects of police corruption in America. Give examples as
support.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Describe the type of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Police Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Define and discuss three types of attorney misconduct.
Learning Objective: 5-2: Describe the type of crimes that occur in the criminal justice system.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Attorney Misconduct
Difficulty Level: Medium
- What are the potential white-collar crimes that can occur in the religious
system?
Learning Objective: 5-4: Evaluate crime in the religious system.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Crimes by Officials in the Religious System
Difficulty Level: Medium
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