White Collar Crime Week-1

Corporate disregard for consumer safety has two elements:

Which federal agency regulates advertising?

The front, the drive, and the close are all part of the telephone swindle. The drive includes:

The 1980s saw a dramatic increase in the incidence of white-collar crime. One reason for the increase may have been:

The Food and Drug Administration has cited evidence that nicotine is 5 to 10 times more potent than cocaine.

Barry Minkow regarded money generated from stock sales as:

In 2016, the McDonalds chain had issues with contaminated food as patrons were becoming seriously ill?

Who took advantage of a market that operated outside formal rules & regulations by selling counterfeit bottles of wine?

Tobacco companies avoided paying damages for bad health effects for decades; eventually they agreed to pay billions to:

What country sold syrup which traveled through a "toxic pipeline" that circled the globe to Panama in 2006?

What two industries are frequent targets of antitrust litigation?

What psychotic drug was President George Bush taking when he vomited and fainted at a state dinner in Japan?

Quackery is most evil when it:

Five to 10 percent of all minutes logged on the telephone time scams are concentrated in what area?

The public does not regard white-collar crime as a severe problem. Reasons for this include all of the following except:

Microsoft was prosecuted for bundling free products. Why was free bad?

Magazine sweepstakes typically rely on which two ploys to entice people to buy magazines and enter contests?

What message is sent to the public when powerful people are seen flaunting the system with little or no punishment?

American Family Publishers used which two individuals as front men for its sweepstakes and promotions in the 1990s?

The population that is the primary target of quackery is teenagers.

The number one consumer complaint concerning fraud involves:

When governments are the target of price-fixing by vendors providing goods and services, it is called:

Which telemarketing scam relies on use of a certain area code to make money just from phone calls?

Quackery not only refers to products but also to persons who:

Items that look like brand name merchandise but in fact are counterfeit are knockoffs.

Quackery involves products that are worthless.

The three major categories of advertisements include all of the following except:

Sutherland (1949) used data relating to many industries from many different sources. This is referred to as _______ data

Tobacco companies have used specific marketing campaigns with flavored cigarettes, new packages, and posters to target w

Sin and Society, refers to a pillar of society/paragon of virtue who was interested only in personal gain via any means:

Ford decided that repairs would not be cost effective, based on a comparison of total repair costs for all Pintos and:

The term "white-collar" is based on:

Studies show that white collar crime is concentrated in certain specific industries, such as:

After reports became public, airports were advised not to allow passengers to carry the Galaxy Note 7 onboard because:

A Ponzi scheme attempts to cheat people by:

Schemes offering fee-based credit cards, loan applications saying "guaranteed approval," target what group of people?

What is the main reason that government agencies have a difficult time gathering data specific to white-collar crime?

Tobacco companies have engaged in all of the following activities except:

What two types of fraud did individuals identify as most prevalent in victimization surveys?

The financial cost of street crime is what fraction of the cost of white-collar crime?

The term "caveat emptor" refers to which of the following?

Which of the following activities could be described as "bait and switch"?

Some of the worst con artists practice their craft based on meteorological events. These are known as ______ con artist

Which of the following describes a theory that forces social scientists to reconsider accepted theories?

Who coined the term "white-collar crime"?

The 1990s could be dubbed as:

A victim of a fraud is known as a mark because he/she:

What is one of the fastest growing market segments involving fraud in the United States?

Quackery takes all of the following forms except:

Which is another term for a Ponzi scheme?