Chapter 6

Question 1

May consist of committing property offenses such as:
Illegal joyriding, check forgery, shoplifting, employee theft, or vandalism, and auto theft
This criminal behavior is typically infrequent and occurs when situations are favorable.

Answer 1

Occasional Property Offenders

Question 2

See themselves as criminals, and tries to rationalize their offenses to convince themselves that they have not committed criminal acts

Answer 2

Occasional Offenders

Question 3

means someone is stealing weather it be an employee or a customer.

Answer 3

Inventory Shrinkage

Question 4

Fit the stereotype of a serious crime that most people share. Their careers progress from violence and theft in youth gangs to more serious and frequent adult criminal behavior

Answer 4

Conventional Offenders/Conventional Criminal Careers

Question 5

fall into two categories: crimes against the government and crimes by the government.

Answer 5

Political Criminal Offenders

Question 6

Large group of people and hierarchy that work together and commit crimes for a living

Answer 6

Organized Criminal Syndicates

Question 7

A series of illegal transactions between multiple offenders, some of whom employ specialized skills, over a continuous period of time, for purposes of economic advantage, and political power when necessary to gain economic advantage.
Example: Mafia

Answer 7

Organized Crime

Question 8

Develops the most extensive criminal careers and the highest social status within the criminal community.

Answer 8

Professional Offenders

Question 9

Treason, sedition, sabotage, medicade, hijacking, fraud.

Answer 9

Crimes against the government

Question 10

Taking bribes, election fraud, obstruction of justice, perjury, misuses for personal purpose of government agencies

Answer 10

Crimes by the government