Criminology: Professional Crime and
Corporate Fraud (SOCL 4461 Exam 2)
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Professional Crime - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A type of crime that enjoys high status in
the underworld, exemplified by figures like Sam, The Fence, who commands respect.
What does crime consist of ? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅groups that have rankings (some
up; some down)
Consensus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅An agreement or shared philosophy of life that
holds groups together.
Shared Attitudes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common beliefs and attitudes that unify a
group, such as the belief that all people are dishonest.
Differential Association - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The theory that professional criminals
are organized with each other, primarily associating with other professional criminals.
Pick-Pocketing - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A form of sneak theft involving physically
taking something from someone without their knowledge.
Cannon - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A term for a pickpocket.
Class Cannon - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A very skilled pickpocket who possesses class
and daring.
Mark - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The victim of a pickpocket.
Tool - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The person who is actively pickpocketing.
, Stall - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The person who positions the Mark for the Tool and
sends the Mark back into the crowd.
Fanning - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A quick exploration of the Mark's pockets to locate
valuables.
Framing the Mark - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The process by which the Stall sets up the
Mark for the Tool.
Pratting - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The act of the Stall holding the Mark in position for
the Tool and then sending them back into the crowd.
Standing the Duke - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅When the Stall covers the hand of the Tool
during the theft.
Reefing a Kick - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hooking inside the lining of the Mark's pocket.
Grift Space - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The knowledge of when to hit and when to split
during a pickpocketing operation.
Argot - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A specialized language that describes a sense of
specialized behaviors among a group.
The Sociology of Argots - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The study of how specialized
language reinforces group solidarity and defines group boundaries.
Apollo Robbins - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Known as the 'Gentlemen Thief', a notable
figure in the art of pickpocketing.
David Maurer - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅An author who studied the specialized language
(argot) of pickpockets in his book 'The Whiz Mob'.
Corporate Fraud (SOCL 4461 Exam 2)
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Professional Crime - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A type of crime that enjoys high status in
the underworld, exemplified by figures like Sam, The Fence, who commands respect.
What does crime consist of ? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅groups that have rankings (some
up; some down)
Consensus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅An agreement or shared philosophy of life that
holds groups together.
Shared Attitudes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Common beliefs and attitudes that unify a
group, such as the belief that all people are dishonest.
Differential Association - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The theory that professional criminals
are organized with each other, primarily associating with other professional criminals.
Pick-Pocketing - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A form of sneak theft involving physically
taking something from someone without their knowledge.
Cannon - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A term for a pickpocket.
Class Cannon - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A very skilled pickpocket who possesses class
and daring.
Mark - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The victim of a pickpocket.
Tool - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The person who is actively pickpocketing.
, Stall - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The person who positions the Mark for the Tool and
sends the Mark back into the crowd.
Fanning - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A quick exploration of the Mark's pockets to locate
valuables.
Framing the Mark - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The process by which the Stall sets up the
Mark for the Tool.
Pratting - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The act of the Stall holding the Mark in position for
the Tool and then sending them back into the crowd.
Standing the Duke - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅When the Stall covers the hand of the Tool
during the theft.
Reefing a Kick - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hooking inside the lining of the Mark's pocket.
Grift Space - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The knowledge of when to hit and when to split
during a pickpocketing operation.
Argot - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A specialized language that describes a sense of
specialized behaviors among a group.
The Sociology of Argots - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The study of how specialized
language reinforces group solidarity and defines group boundaries.
Apollo Robbins - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Known as the 'Gentlemen Thief', a notable
figure in the art of pickpocketing.
David Maurer - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅An author who studied the specialized language
(argot) of pickpockets in his book 'The Whiz Mob'.
