White collar crime questions

QUESTION 1

10 points  

1. How do organizational culture strategies work to prevent employee theft in the retail business?

   	With an organized system for employees to anonymously report colleagues’ wrongdoings, people are more likely to come forward
   	With an organized structure, employees and managers always having someone above them to hold them responsible for their actions, theft is less likely to occur
   	With managers promoting a sense of community in the workplace and highlighting the company values from the start, employees are less likely to steal
   	With police targeting organized crime families who develop large complex employee theft schemes, employee theft drops on large levels

1. Who do door-to-door scam artists in the home repair industry target and why?

   	The elderly because they are home during the day and are more vulnerable
   	Women because they are more vulnerable and know less about home repairs
   	The wealthy because they are less likely to shop around for the best prices
   	The poor because they are more likely to jump at what they think is a good deal

1. What were the results of the experiment conducted by Jesilow and colleagues (1985), in which he sought services in over 300 auto repair shops in California?

   	He found that women are more commonly victimized by mechanics
   	He found that smaller repair shops are more honest than larger repair shops
   	He found that shops located in cities where there was a high degree of public awareness about repair fraud were more honest
   	He found that shops often get consumers to sign documents that relieve them of liability

1. Why do criminologists rarely study insurance fraud?

   	Why do criminologists rarely study insurance fraud?
   	It is hard to find examples of it
   	It is hard to define insurance fraud and many companies are just considered to have poor deals
   	It is hard to understand and people frequently do not know they have been victimized

1. Why did Sutherland give doctors only “scant attention” in his white-collar crime research?

   	He considered most incidents that occurred in the healthcare industry to be accidental in nature
   	He classified most of the crime in the healthcare industry under insurance fraud
   	He wanted to leave the regulating to the medical boards
   	He believed doctors were more honest than other professionals

1. Which of the following is not a main reason for the occurrence of unnecessary surgeries in the health care industry?

   	Differing opinions of medical providers
   	Large degree of trust patients place in their doctors
   	Mistakes made in diagnosis or reading of test
   	People are willing to put themselves through a procedure if it means they are “cured,” even if the ailment would go away on its own

1. What is a common reason that authorities have a difficult time convicting pharmacists?

   	Pharmacists claim to not be able to read a doctor’s handwriting
   	There is little proof
   	Pharmacists claim their assistants were responsible for the offense
   	The laws in place have several loopholes

1. How does the medical malpractice category of crime differ from other categories of white-collar crime in the health care industry?

   	It never enters the criminal justice system
   	It is not a type of fraud or abuse
   	It is not taken as seriously by authorities
   	It easier for victims to get justice

1. Why is it easier for investigators to prove fraud in the mental health professions?

   	The way their records are kept leaves little room for error
   	It cannot be claimed as an accident
   	It is easier to prove time violations
   	Victims are more likely to report