What Did Edwin Lemert's Research Reveal About Cheque Forgers

question 28

Multiple Choice

What did Edwin Lemert's research reveal about cheque forgers?

• A)They most often are males who belong to gangs in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
• B)They often are naive individuals who did not intend to pass a bad cheque or who did not believe their actions were overly harmful.
• C)The majority are "systematic" forgers who make a living from passing bad cheques.
• D)They almost always are caught and prosecuted because of the ease of tracing their cheque cashing through automated signature checking.

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Definitions:

Tippee

An individual who receives confidential information from an insider.

Publicly Traded

Refers to a company whose shares are available for purchase by the general public on a stock exchange.

Confidential Information

Data or information of a private nature, the disclosure of which to unauthorized individuals can be harmful to an individual, group, or organization.

Tipper

A person who provides privileged, often non-public, information to someone else, commonly used in the context of insider trading.