CJQ102 Final Quiz Study Guide
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Study guide for final quiz for Lincoln College students of Criminal Justice course.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Rationality | Activities identified by their impersonal, methodical, efficient, and logical components. |
| Larceny-theft | The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession, or constructive possession, of another. |
| Burglary | The unlawful entry into a structure to commit a felony or a theft. |
| Arson | Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc." |
| White-collar crimes | Crimes committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. |
| Kickback | The return of money from seller to buyer as a result of a collusive agreement. |
| Tax evasion | Fraud committed by filing false tax returns or not filing tax returns at all. |
| Embezzlement | The unlawful misappropriation for personal use of money, property, or other thing of value entrusted to the offender's care, custody, or control. |
| Wire fraud | The use of an electric or electronic communications facility to intentionally transmit a false and/or deceptive message in furtherance of a fraudulent activity. |
| Occupational crime | Any act punishable by law that is committed through opportunity created in the course of an occupation which is legal. |
| Corporate crime | A violation of a criminal statute either by a corporate entity or by its executives, employees, or agents acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the corporation, partnership, or other form of business entity. |
| Ethnic succession | The continuing process whereby one immigrant or ethnic group succeeds another through assumption of a particular position in society. |
| Transnational organized crime | Unlawful activity undertaken and supported by organized criminal groups operating across national boundaries. |
| Dangerous drugs | Broad categories or classes of controlled substances other than cocaine, opiates, and cannabis products. |
| Designer drugs | New substances designed by slightly altering the chemical makeup of other illegal or tightly controlled drugs. |
| Drug trafficking | Manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, importing, and exporting a controlled substance or a counterfeit substance. |
| Drug-defined crimes | Violations of laws prohibiting or regulating the possession, use, or distribution of illegal drugs. |
| Drug-related crimes | Crimes in which drugs contribute to the offense. |
| Interdiction | International drug-control policy that aims to stop drugs from entering the country illegally. |
| Decriminalization | Policy reducing criminal penalties associated with the personal possession of a controlled substance. |
| Legalization | Eliminates the laws and associated criminal penalties that prohibit the production, sale, distribution, and possession of a controlled substance. |
| Ethical reform | Working to establish stronger and more persuasive codes of business ethics. |
| Structural reform | Basic changes in corporate structure to make white-collar crime more difficult to commit. |
| Political reform | Centers on eliminating campaign contributions from corporations and businesses while increasing the level of fairness in determining government grants, purchases, and contracts. |
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