PART I: Essay Questions
Directions: Answer the following questions. Your response to each should be at least one half of one page in length and use APA guidelines for formatting and citations.
1. Name the basic elements of the crime of larceny/theft that are present in most state statutes.
2. Name several of the more common types of larceny that occur in society.
3. What are the differences between property flipping and air loans?
4. Money laundering is converting illegally earned (dirty) cash to one or more alternative (clean) forms to conceal its illegal origin and true ownership. Describe the basic process of this white-collar crime.
5. Describe what a confidence game is and the two basic approaches that are commonly used by con men when using one.
6. What are "flaggers" and what is their method of operation?
7. What is "shrinkage" and what are it causes?
8. Describe "property flipping."
9. Name five telephone scams and describe them.
10. What is the most common environmental crimes prosecuted in the United States and why?
PART II: Journal Activity
Directions: In a 2 to 4 page essay using APA guidelines for formatting and citations, please answer the prompt below. Be sure to answer each of the questions within your essay.
You are a detective assigned to the property crimes unit of your local agency. Your responsibility in your medium-sized city is to investigate all white-collar crimes. A citizen has come to you with a complaint against a local real estate company for fraud.
• What are the first steps you must take?
• What resources are available to you?
• What information do you need?
• What other crimes could this entail, if any?
• Is this a crime you would investigate?