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White Collar Crime Vocab

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Time between check issuance and presentation






2. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






3. Adding or removing a substance






4. Something about the organizational context induces otherwise good people to commit crimes or unethical acts






5. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






6. Time between check issuance and presentation






7. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






8. Crimes committed by company






9. Said the free market - not the legal system is the best way to deal with business which harm people... govern themselves






10. Famously - Sutherland claimed that WC criminals do not suffer from psychological disorders






11. Low or absent affect - Lack of empathy - Inability to form attachment - Able to appear outwardly normal






12. Writing worthless checks and using finical institutions to conceal their true value






13. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






14. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






15. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






16. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






17. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






18. Created 3 new crimes - Unauthorized access with intent to defraud - Malicious damages via unauthorized access - Trafficking in passwords with intent to defraud






19. Bonds- debt paid back with interest Stocks - shares of company






20. Certainty - severity - and celerity - How likely it is to be punished - How harsh that punishment will be - How quickly the punishment will be applied






21. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






22. A legislation designed to prevent business firms from gaining monopoly in their fields






23. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






24. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






25. Individuals choose to commit crimes as a result of some calculus - Bounded rationality






26. As new clients are made - their money is used to pay original investors






27. Federal agency that protects the environment






28. As new clients are made - their money is used to pay original investors






29. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






30. Largest ponzi scheme in history






31. Commitment to one's job should constrain crime - Hollinger and Clark (1983) found deviant workplace behavior increased when employees intended to leave their current job






32. Easiest way to make a fast buck - Greed is good - Fear of falling






33. Individuals choose to commit crimes as a result of some calculus - Bounded rationality






34. Certainty - severity - and celerity - How likely it is to be punished - How harsh that punishment will be - How quickly the punishment will be applied






35. Federal agency that protects the environment






36. Bonds- debt paid back with interest Stocks - shares of company






37. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller






38. Crimes committed by company






39. Legally exploits security to test systems






40. Commitment to one's job should constrain crime - Hollinger and Clark (1983) found deviant workplace behavior increased when employees intended to leave their current job






41. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






42. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






43. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






44. Individuals have criminal tendencies that they import to the organizational context to commit both occupational and organizational crimes






45. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






46. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






47. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller






48. Monitors and regulates security transactions






49. Writing worthless checks and using finical institutions to conceal their true value






50. Largest ponzi scheme in history