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	According to Sutherland, white-collar crime is crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.

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	According to the U.S. Department of Justice, uniform definitions now exist that define the overall scope of white-collar crime.

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	Some criminologists report that many embezzlers are driven to their criminal activities simply by avarice and temptation.

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	Many of the old white-collar fraud schemes that existed before the computer and the Internet are now online.

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	The least common type of health-care fraud scheme is billing for services never rendered.

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	Environmental crimes are considered both mala in se and mala prohibita.

	True False

	Braithwaite portrays white-collar crime as motivated by the choice of an offender who lacks self-control and views the violation of law as a means of obtaining rewards.

	True False

	Some U.S. federal courts are more likely to send convicted white-collar criminals to prison than others.

	True False

	Organized crime is defined as business enterprises organized for the purpose of making economic gain through legal activities.

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	Because of the success of the RICO statutes, legitimate businesses are no longer used by organized crime to launder illegal funds or stolen merchandise.

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According to Sutherland, white-collar crime is crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, uniform definitions now exist that define the overall scope of white-collar crime.

Some criminologists report that many embezzlers are driven to their criminal activities simply by avarice and temptation.

Many of the old white-collar fraud schemes that existed before the computer and the Internet are now online.

The least common type of health-care fraud scheme is billing for services never rendered.

Environmental crimes are considered both mala in se and mala prohibita.

Braithwaite portrays white-collar crime as motivated by the choice of an offender who lacks self-control and views the violation of law as a means of obtaining rewards.

Some U.S. federal courts are more likely to send convicted white-collar criminals to prison than others.

Organized crime is defined as business enterprises organized for the purpose of making economic gain through legal activities.

Because of the success of the RICO statutes, legitimate businesses are no longer used by organized crime to launder illegal funds or stolen merchandise.