Multimedia Resources

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Video Links

The Most Dangerous Auto-Recalls

In this 1:50 minute clip from CNN, highlights the danger posed by unsafe products, including one of the most famous examples of white-collar crime, the Ford Pinto.

  1. Review the above clip, how do these cases support the argument that white-collar crime presents a danger to the public? If you were tasked with researching how the public views the danger posed by auto-recalls which research methods (e.g., survey, experiment) would you use and why?
     

What is White Collar Crime?

This 2.18 minute clip from CNN provides an overview of the different types of white-collar crime and government responses to white collar crime.

  1. Based on the video clip how would you define white collar crime?  Of the various types which do you feel poses the most danger? Why?
     

Audio Links

White Collar Crime is Driving Up Long Real Estate Prices (3:26)

In this segment of News and Notes, Vicki Baker reports how money laundering is impacting the cost of real estate in London.  The report examines how the aspects of the United Kingdom that make it appealing for tourists are the same factors that make it appealing for white collar criminals.  This clip helps students see how white collar crime is an international issue and how real estate can be a venue for white collar crime.

  1. What type of white collar crime is being discussed in this NPR story? How is it impacting the lives of residents of these communities? Would you compare the harm discussed in the story comparable to that of a violent crime? Why or why not?
     

From Milken to Madoff: White Collar Crime in Focus (7:16)

In this segment of News and Notes, Farai Chideya and editor of Fortune Magazine, Allan Sloan, spotlight infamous white-collar crime cases like the Enron and Bernie Madoff scandals.  Chideya and Sloan examine the potential punishment of white-collar offenders and then turn their attention to the social costs of white-collar crime.  This clip provides students with famous examples of white-collar crime and can help initiate a conversation about the study of white-collar offending.

  1. What are the social costs related to white-collar crimes?  Which of the examples provide was found most memorable? Why?