Sales-Related & Health Care Systems
What is the most common white-collar crime in retail workplaces such as stores, restaurants, and hotels?
Employee Theft
What four institutions make up systems of social and political control?
Criminal justice, military, religion, politics
What was the full/precise name of the FBI case involving admissions bribery, fake athletic profiles, and wealthy families buying access into elite universities?
Operation Varsity Blues
Which offense involves copying, selling, or distributing licensed programs illegally?
Software piracy
Why are corporations treated like people under the law, and what phrase describes their legal power and exempted status?
They hold rights like individuals but have no responsibility.
What is the key reason that consumers are vulnerable to fraud in auto/home repair services?
Asymmetric knowledge and reliance on experts
What form of police corruption involves accepting money or favors in exchange for protection or preferential treatment?
Bribery/Kickbacks
What is it called when someone writes academic work for another person without receiving credit?
Ghostwriting
What is it called when someone breaks into a digital system without authorization?
Hacking
How is corporate crime different from occupational crime?
Corporate crime benefits the company; occupational crime is committed against the company.
What is the term for billing Medicare or Medicaid for services that were never provided?
What shared condition allows police, courts, and political offices to conceal wrongdoing?
Concentrated power with limited oversight
What concept explains that money only holds value because people collectively believe it does?
Money is socially constructed
What type of cybercrime involves sending fraudulent messages to trick users into providing information?
Phishing
What is the key difference between environmental crime and environmental white-collar crime?
WCC involves corporate/government regulatory abuse for profit; environmental crime is any illegal act harming the environment.
Which industry is especially vulnerable to crime because it is cash-based, newly legalized, and loosely regulated?
The legal marijuana/cannabis industry
What are extra-occupational military crimes?
Crimes committed against civilians by soldiers.
How does a pyramid scheme differ from a Ponzi scheme in how money is generated?
Pyramid schemes rely on participants to recruit new members to join; Ponzi schemes rely on new investor deposits managed by one organizer.
What type of cybercrime involves illegally accessing or stealing corporate trade secrets?
Corporate espionage
What major case illustrates corporate negligence leading to a large-scale oil spill and ecological damage?
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
What do we call it when deceptive insurance sales tactics become routine and normalized within the workplace?
Institutionalized Fraud
Name two of the four main categories of attorney misconduct.
Financial/fiduciary misconduct, professional incompetence, dishonesty or misrepresentation, or rule/criminal violations
Which regulatory body oversees U.S. financial securities markets?
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
What major dark-web marketplace powered by Bitcoin transactions for anonymous trade, became a key example of cyber-enabled drug sales and illicit online commerce?
Silk Road
What term describes unequal environmental harm faced by low-income communities?
Environmental injustice / racism