Chapter 17

Chapter 17- Economic and Political Crime
1. Economic and political crimes include white-collar crime, organized crime, computer crime, international and domestic terrorism, and some forms of hate crimes.
2. Conspiracy- agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or to carry out a legal act in an illegal manner.
3. White-collar crimes- crimes of fraud, crimes against public administration, and regulatory offenses that are usually carried out during the course of a legitimate occupation.
4. Computer crimes are becoming a growing threat, the most common type of computer crime is theft by computers.
5. Harassment and extortion are other types of computer crimes. As computer literacy increases, the rates of computer crimes are also expected to increase.
6. Organizational crime is a continuing criminal enterpise that rationally works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand.
The main types of organized crimes are provision of illicit services (loan-sharking, prostitution, gambling), provisions of illicit goods (drug dealing, fencing of stolen property), and infiltration of legitimate business (demands for "protection" money or no-show jobs).
7. Importation of stolen vehicles, drug smuggling, and illegal immigration are some of the significant types of international crime.
8. Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.
9. Hate crimes- offenses motivated by prejudice, usually against a particular race, religion, or sexual orientation.
10. Hate crimes are similar to terrorist acts except that a particular minority group (defined by race, ethnicity, nationality, or sexual orientation) is usually the target.