Internet Exercise:
"Access the FBI Home Page at (www.fbi.gov). Then, enter "white collar crime" into the Search Feature for this page."
In your chapter the crime of Embezzlement is
mentioned as a serious corporate crime.
Internet Exercise: Go
to the website (www.ncjrs.org)
and define Embezzlement, and add some statistical data showing how often it's
committed, and who commits it.
Your text talks about white-collar crime and
the victims of white-collar crime.
Internet Exercise: Go
to the website (www.ojp.usdoj.gov)
and list who the actual victims of white-collar crime are. Are they predominantly
one age group?
One emerging category of white collar/corporate crime is Internet fraud. The United States Department of Justice maintains a web site that focuses on this type of crime: (www.internetfraud.usdoj.gov/)
Internet Exercise: After you have accessed the main screen for this site, scroll down and review the contents, including the sections entitled "What is Internet fraud?"; "What are the major types of Internet fraud?"; "What is the Department of Justice doing about Internet fraud?"; and "How should I deal with Internet fraud?" Then, respond to the following:
Briefly describe criminal activities that constitute Internet fraud.
How might YOU be affected by Internet fraud?
Internet Exercise: The following web link provides access to an article originally published in the March 20, 1997 issue of Nation, entitled "The Corporate Crime Wave in America": (www.baltimorechronicle.com/corp_crime.html)
After you have read the article, respond to the following:
Briefly summarize the corporate criminal activities in the following industries:
