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How has the definition of white-collar crime changed since 1940, when Sutherland first presented the concept at the American Sociological Society? How do you think it will change in the next several decades? Explain your answer.

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After reviewing the material on embezzlement, assume you are the chief executive officer of a midsize company or bank and you uncover the fact that one of your employees has embezzled more than $1 million from the organization over the past two years. How will you respond to such a situation? Why will you respond in this way and not in another manner?

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Consumer and other types of fraud are common in many U.S. communities. After rereading the material on fraud, examine two incidents of fraud that have occurred in your community. What happened to the perpetrators? How were they punished? What, if anything, could have prevented these crimes?

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After carefully rereading the material on white-collar computer crime, briefly describe this crime, discuss whether or not the crime is getting worse, and explain how you believe it can be better controlled.

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After rereading the chapter material on corporate white collar crimes, go to your library and review your local newspaper's business pages over the past several months. Write a short essay (two to four pages) on a recent example of corporate white-collar crime in the United States. How did it affect its victims? Do you think the company will be punished? Who will pay for the crime?

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After rereading the material on corporate environmental contamination, choose a large corporation within fifty miles of your house or apartment and assess how much pollution it has been responsible for during the past twenty-five years. What type of contamination occurred? How extensive was it? Was the corporation or its executives prosecuted? If so, what was the outcome?

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Many white-collar criminals are never prosecuted. Why does this occur? What societal conditions and law enforcement policies must change in order for there to be a significant increase in white-collar criminal prosecutions?

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You have just been appointed chief of security in your business or corporation. What changes will you make in your organization to combat its white-collar crime problem? Do you believe you can eliminate virtually all the white-collar crime in your company? Why or why not?

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Describe the image of organized crime that you have developed from the media. How, if any, does it differ from the information you have read in the text?

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Describe organized crime activities that you know of in your community or in a community with which you are familiar.

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Write a definition of white-collar crime.

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List the special problems one encounters when trying to measure white-collar crime.

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List six specific white-collar crimes.

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Write a brief paragraph describing the crime of embezzlement.

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List and define the many types of consumer fraud.

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Write a brief paragraph describing health-care fraud.

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List and define the main categories of white-collar computer crime.

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List and define the three classes of crime in which a computer is used as a weapon.

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Give an example of corporate water and air contamination and their health costs.

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List and describe three explanations for white-collar crime.

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Write a definition of organized crime.

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Write a brief paragraph describing the activities of organized crime in America.

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