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Chapter 6: Crime in the Political System
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Multiple Choice
- Why do we have election laws?
- guard against fraud in the election process
- protect election officials
- enact new voting laws
- register voters every election
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. If a group of citizens were charged a fee by a political party’s campaign workers to register them to vote, this would be __________.
- acceptable since it helps them become voters
- ok as long as the fees are received by an election board
- illegal and an election law violation that could be criminally prosecuted
- a service offered to citizens who are not registered to vote
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. If the election board of a large city decided not to accept the will of their voters and declared the losing candidate the winner, what type of election fraud would this be?
- corrupting the voting process
- canvassing ballots against the winning candidate
- corrupting the process of certifying an election
- voter fraud and political corruption
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. People who register to vote multiple times under different aliases are
committing what type of crime?
- state corporate crime
- apolitical white-collar crime
- campaign finance violation
- election law violation
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. What have researchers concluded about the effect of voter identification laws?
- People who are not registered to vote are targeted.
- They suppress minority voter turnout.
- The determination of people to vote increases.
- The laws have no effect on voter turnout.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. What do experts believe about voter fraud?
- widespread but not enough to affect elections
- incredibly rare, with less than a few hundred cases per year
- mostly committed by disaffected voters
- often committed by voters who collude to vote multiple times
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Campaign finance laws exist to control who can contribute to political campaigns, how much they can contribute, and which of the following?
- how donors influence political campaigns
- where donated funds come from
- what politicians do with donations
- the number of donors contributing to a political party
Learning Objective: 6-2: Describe campaign finance laws and the type of contributions they prohibit.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Campaign Finance Violations
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission paved the way for which of the following?
- cash contributions to political campaigns
- formation of political action committees (PAC) that could spend more on
political campaigns and advertising
- politicians” ability to accept contributions without reporting them
- the ability of corporations to contribute unlimited funds to politicians
Learning Objective: 6-2: Describe campaign finance laws and the type of contributions they prohibit.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Campaign Finance Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is a form of political corruption?
- abuse of authority
- extortion
- violation of election laws
- sexual harassment of a staffer
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Researchers believe that the most common way officials learn about public corruption cases is from which of the following?
- criminal justice officials
- investigative journalists
- whistleblowers and informants
- family members and/or friends
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
11, Operation Bid Rig is a political corruption investigation being conducted by
the FBI in regards to what type of political corruption?
- election law violations
- campaign finance violations
- state corporate crimes
- apolitical white-collar crime
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Prosecutions of political crimes by federal rather than state and local agencies offer what advantage for the offender?
- Jurors are selected from a broader cross section of the public and will likely
not know or have an opinion of the official.
- Trials are conducted more quickly, giving the official a better chance for
acquittal.
- Federal prosecutors don’t have resources for all the corruption cases they
investigate.
- There are few advantages for offenders when being prosecuted for corruption.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. What is one consequences of political corruption?
- Corrupt politicians are often voted out of office.
- Public trust in the law and rule of law decreases.
- There is an increase in investments in the country.
- Corrupt offenders face harsh punishment.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. What group or institution focuses their efforts on controlling state crime?
- the Department of Justice by investigating cases brought against state
offenders
- advocates, individuals and organizations seeking to expose wrong doing
by officials
- the government through self-policing and self-imposed sanctions
- law enforcement in individual states
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. When a powerful politician has an affair with a low-level staff member,
what type of misconduct has occurred?
- solicitation
- abuse of authority
- apolitical white-collar crime
- political abuse
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Apolitical White-Collar Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. What is one characteristic of apolitical white-collar crime?
- misconduct by politicians that is outside of the scope of politics
- situations that are within the scope of politics but are not political in nature
- continuous abuse of authority to compel misconduct from individuals inside
of government
- lack of remorse for their misconduct
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Apolitical White-Collar Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Who is the ‘state’ when scholars talk about state-corporate crime?
- state and local governments and their employees of the fifty states
- government agencies and their employees at the federal, state, and local level
- agencies of the federal government and its employees
- corporations that interact with federal, state, and local government employees
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. The term ‘state crime’ is used by scholars to describe which type of situation?
- representatives of the government who commit crimes that are apolitical.
- governments that commit crimes against citizens.
- governments and/or their representatives who commit crimes on behalf of
- the government representatives who commit crimes against the government
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. In what ways is the concept of state-corporate crime useful?
- highlights the power of formal institutions to harm members of society
- identifies areas that need formal attention that otherwise would have been
overlooked
- reveals degree of misconduct committed by people in less powerful positions
- encourages professionals of high status to follow regulations and guidelines
stipulating appropriate behavior
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. If the head of an agency who has committed a serious offense blames it on the assistant who discovered the crime, what response is the offender using?
- censure
- scapegoating
- fear mongering
- demoralization
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Why do scholars see international law as a ‘foundation’ for defining state-corporate crime?
- Foreign countries provide a model for state criminal activity.
- International law includes human rights and social and economic harms as
well as crimes that can be prosecuted.
- State crime is frequently committed internationally.
- Individuals, but not governments, can violate another country’s laws, even
though they not be a citizen of the country.
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Which of the following would scholars identify as a state crime perpetuated by a government?
- response to damage from a hurricane in a major city
- misuse of data from surveilling citizens
- government officials raising their salaries
- lack of action on a key policy issue
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
23.What allegations of fraud were made against President Trump during his time in office?
- insider trading
- bank and tax fraud
- mortgage fraud
- voter fraud
Learning Objective: 6-5: Summarize the accusations of political misconduct by President Donald Trump during his time in office.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: President Donald Trump and Crime in the Political System
Difficulty Level: Medium
24.Why did President Donald Trump fire the Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson in early 2020?
- He revealed the identity of the whistleblower.
- He wouldn’t open an investigation into the Ukraine call.
- He testified at Trump’s impeachment.
- He referred the whistleblower complaint on Ukraine to Congress.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Summarize the accusations of political misconduct by President Donald Trump during his time in office.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: President Donald Trump and Crime in the Political System
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. What was a significant investigation of former President Trump?
- Mueller investigation
- Inspector General firings
- Trump University scandal
- housing discrimination accusation
Learning Objective: 6-5: Summarize the accusations of political misconduct by President Donald Trump during his time in office.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: President Donald Trump and Crime in the Political System
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
- Voter identification laws require citizens to prove they are eligible to vote
by presenting photo IDs.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Cash contributions to political campaigns are allowed by campaign finance
laws.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Describe campaign finance laws and the type of contributions they prohibit.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Campaign Finance Laws
Difficulty Level: Easy
- The Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v Federal
Elections Commission declared campaign contributions by organizations and corporations were a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Describe campaign finance laws and the type of contributions they prohibit.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Campaign Finance Laws
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Political extortion is defined as political officials being blackmailed for money or their influence.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
5, Historical and cultural factors have been shown in research to be a predictor
of political corruption.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Censuring and scapegoating are possible consequences for those that
expose state crime offenders.
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. When it comes to state crime, governmental agencies are considered employers, making misconduct by any of its employees a white-collar crime.
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Misconduct by politicians outside of their elected responsibilities are not
considered white-collar crimes.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Apolitical White-Collar Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Federal convictions of state offenders represent 94% of
corruption cases.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Political scandals have made it easier for honest politicians to lead and
govern.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
- Describe the three types of fraud that are classified under election law
violations.
Learning Objective: 6-1: Explain why election laws exist and the crimes they are designed to prevent.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election Law Violations
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Explain the Supreme Court’s rational for its decision regarding the Citizens
United v Federal Elections Commission case.
Learning Objective: 6-2: Describe campaign finance laws and the type of contributions they prohibit.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Campaign Finance Laws
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Discuss the relationship of the state and corporations regarding
state-corporate crime.
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: State-Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Hard
- Describe the purpose of the Mueller Investigation.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Summarize the accusations of political misconduct by President Donald Trump during his time in office.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: President Donald Trump and Crime in the Political System
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Define apolitical white-collar crime.
Learning Objective: 6-4: Discuss the characteristics of state-corporate crime.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Apolitical White-Collar Crime
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Discuss the scope of political corruption committed by public officials.
Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast political corruption and apolitical white-collar crime.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Political Corruption
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Describe the controversies surrounding Donald Trump’s political pardons, firings, and connections to white-collar criminals.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Summarize the accusations of political misconduct by President Donald Trump during his time in office.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: President Donald Trump and Crime in the Political System
Difficulty Level: Medium
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