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,SEMESTER 1: ASSIGNMENT 02: 2021
1. The term “division or arrangement of crime data into specific classes” refer to:
1) Crime patterns
2) Crime trends
3) Crime statistics
4) Crime classification Pg. 3
2. Which category of white-collar crime is characterised by crime in which people use their institutional or business
position to trick others out of their money?
1) Chiselling
2) Peddling
3) Bribery
4) Swing Pg. 107
3. Which contemporary crime categories reflect Schafer’s life trend typology?
1) Economic, violent, sexual and political crimes
2) Heavy and light criminality and habitual crimes
3) Occasional, habitual and abnormal criminals Pg. 4
4) Violent, property, business and organised crimes
4. Which category of white-collar crime is characterised by powerful institutions or their representatives who
wilfully violate the laws that restrain these institutions from doing social harm or that require them to do social
good?
1) Employment fraud
2) Corporate crime Pg. 108
3) Client fraud
4) Deceptive pricing
5. Identify the crimes heavily dependent on police action for detection below:
1) Common and aggravated robbery, rape, attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and indecent and
common assault.
2) Burglary at residential and non-residential premises, theft of motor vehicles or from motor vehicles and
arson.
3) Theft of cell phones and garden tools, commercial crime and shop lifting.
4) Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and other
drug-related crime. Pg. 5
6. Organised crime, can be defined as, “any crime for gain that uses deception as its principle modus operandi”
according to the author …
1) Wells. Pg. 25
2) Glick.
3) Reid.
4) Albanese.
7. ____crimes are a varied assortment of offences, and are known also as vice offences, consensual offences,
victimless crimes and even nuisance offences.
1) White-collar
2) Sexual misconduct
3) Public order Pg. 127
4) Moral order
,8. There are normally three (3) key stages that underpin any instance of money laundering, namely, placement,
______ and ________.
1) Structuring; layering.
2) layering; integration Pg. 29
3) developing; integration
4) accessing; co-ordination
9. Organised crimes in the form of serious commercial crimes include the following:
1) Insurance fraud, banking related crimes and pornography.
2) Counterfeiting of goods, deceased and solvent estates.
3) Counterfeiting of currency and insolvent estates property crimes.
4) Serious corruption and computer-related/ cybercrimes. Pg. 33
10. Select the strategies that can be implemented to prevent and control illegal trade in endangered species.
a) Well-trained and adequately paid staff
b) Amplification of compliance management
c) Establishing a computer database
d) Effective legislation
Choose the correct combination
1) (a), (b) and (c)
2) (a), (b) and (d)
3) (a), (c) and (d) Pg. 93
4) (b), (c) and (d)
11. In South Africa, the drug of choice for the poor during the apartheid years was a mixture of Mandrax and
marijuana, known as “…”.
1) Smoke pipe
2) Dagga pipe
3) White pipe Pg. 40.
4) Glass pipe
12. Which of the following options is NOT an example of corrupt behaviour?
1) Supplying police radios and confidential information on investigations to syndicates
2) Supplying roadworthy certificates and registration documents for hijacked vehicles
3) Supplying residence permits to illegal immigrants involved in organised crime
4) Supplying organised crime syndicates with rhino horns and raw diamonds Pg. 41
13. Identify the correct theory, which holds that crime can be thwarted by the threat of punishment, and if penalties
are severe enough to prevent the convicted criminal from repeating the crime.
1) Rational choice theory
2) Deterrence theory Pg. 45
3) Learning theory
4) Social disorganisation theory
14. Identify the correct theory, which holds that social positions prevalent in certain neighbourhoods can be linked
to criminality and urban decay.
1) Rational choice theory
2) Deterrence theory
3) Learning theory
4) Social disorganisation theory Pg. 47
, 15. Which theory assumes that slum dwellers violate the law because they belong to a unique subculture that exists
in lower-class areas?
1) Cultural deviance theory Pg. 48
2) Social disorganisation theory
3) Relative deprivation theory
4) Differential association theory
16. Like the concepts of democracy and justice, organised crime remains something that will always elicit endless
disputes. We can only form judgements about its ___ in the _____ in which it occurs.
1) Existence; Research Areas
2) Presence; Communities
3) Nature; Specific Contexts Pg. 49
4) Elements; Companies
17. The United Nations Convention (2000) against transnational organised crime developed a systematic approach
to organised crime and under this convention, governments committed themselves to:
a) Criminalising offences committed by organised crime groups, such as corruption
b) Cracking down on money laundering and the proceeds of crime
c) Speeding up and shortening the reach of extradition
d) Tightening cooperation to seek out and prosecute suspects
Choose the correction options:
1) a, b and d Pg. 51
2) a, c and d
3) b, c and d
4) a, b and c
18. Identify the relevant characteristics of the Nigerian 419 scam (Advance Fee Fraud):
1) Operate on a strict “need-to-know” basis and some degree of criminal collaboration and infrastructure.
Pg. 55
2) The police have tolerated their activity in certain areas, as long as it involves only the provision of certain
goods and services.
3) Their insignia is proudly displayed on their clothes, offices and buildings and they publish their own
newsletters.
4) They are the most serious, largest and oldest organised crime group/threat in the world.
19. What category of conservation crime refers to a growing field that explores how actual criminal events involve
interaction between motivated individuals and the surrounding social, economic, legal and physical
environments?
1) Ecological criminology
2) Green criminology
3) Conservation criminology
4) Environmental criminology Pg. 69
20. According to the Bill of Rights in the 1996 Constitution everyone has the right to an environment which is not
harmful to their __ and to have the environment protected through reasonable ____ and other measures.
1) health; legislative Pg. 71
2) psyche; force
3) homes; actions
4) work place; negotiations
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