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Question 1

What are the 3 categories of white collar crime?

Answer 1

Organised
Corporate
Professional

Question 2

What is professional white collar crime?

Answer 2

When an individual in power takes advantage of their position in order to commit a crime

Question 3

Analyse professional white collar crime

Answer 3

Likely offender — a professional
Likely victim — customers/clients
Deviant
Little public awareness and not many people expect it to happen

Question 4

What is organised white collar crime?

Answer 4

A crime committed by a group of people with a hierarchical internal structure for a substantial profit

Question 5

Analyse organised white collar crime

Answer 5

Likely offender — illegal businesses
Likely victim — anyone
Deviant
Fairly high public awareness as a whole but most are unaware of the details

Question 6

What is corporate white collar crime?

Answer 6

A crime committed by companies rather than individuals, usually a corporation involved in illegal activity

Question 7

Analyse corporate white collar crime

Answer 7

Likely offender — businesses
Likely victim — users/customers
Deviant
Little public awareness due to lack of prosecution

Question 8

What are moral crimes?

Answer 8

Actions that violate society’s moral code or norms

Question 9

Analyse moral crime

Answer 9

Likely victim and likely offender are the same person
Deviant
Little public awareness as they are usually not reported

Question 10

What are state crimes?

Answer 10

Crimes perpetrated by state agencies in order to further their policies

Question 11

Analyse state crimes

Answer 11

Likely victim — citizens
Likely offender — government officials
Deviant
High public awareness as they are talked about a lot when they occur

Question 12

What categories can personal crime be split into?

Answer 12

Hate crime, honour crime, and domestic violence

Question 13

What is domestic abuse?

Answer 13

A pattern of abusive behaviour used to keep or gain power and control over another person in a relationship

Question 14

Analyse domestic abuse

Answer 14

Likely victim — woman
Likely offender — man
Deviant
Fairly high public awareness however many are unsure of what actually counts as domestic abuse

Question 15

What is honour crime?

Answer 15

Violent crimes or other forms of abuse that are carried out in order to protect the ‘honour’ of a family or a community

Question 16

Analyse honour crime?

Answer 16

Likely victim — a family member, usually from a different culture
Likely offender — a family member, usually from a different culture and an older generation
Very deviant
Little public awareness as they are very underreported

Question 17

What is hate crime?

Answer 17

A crime motivated by prejudice that typically involves violence

Question 18

Analyse hate crime

Answer 18

Likely victim — people from a different culture/race, women, people with disabilities, people in the LGBTQ+ community etc..

Likely offender — older people, Caucasian people, patriots, men, traditionalists

Deviant now however not in the past

High public awareness as it has been widely broadcast and talked about a lot

Question 19

What is technological crime?

Answer 19

Any crime committed using the internet or other forms of technology

Question 20

Analyse technological crime

Answer 20

Likely victim — anyone who uses the internet

Likely offender— anyone with access and knowledge of the internet

Some is deviant (internet fraud) and some is not (downloading illegal music)

Little public awareness as many don’t know what to look for