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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. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






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






3. Monitors and regulates security transactions






4. Illegally exploits security in good will or jut for fun (for the lulz)






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






6. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






7. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






9. Big companies may benifit from regulatory laws but little companies don't make enough money to meet regulatory laws






10. Crimes committed by company






11. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






12. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






13. Largest ponzi scheme in history






14. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






16. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






17. Legally exploits security to test systems






18. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






19. Taking cash from a register - over charging customers or under ringing sales






20. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






21. Federal agency that protects the environment






22. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






23. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






24. Paper where Ford admitted safety problems in a design but rationalized it was cheaper to pay a law suit






25. Paper where Ford admitted safety problems in a design but rationalized it was cheaper to pay a law suit






26. 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






27. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






29. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






30. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






34. Crimes committed by company






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






36. Big companies may benifit from regulatory laws but little companies don't make enough money to meet regulatory laws






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






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






39. Arab Scam or Abdul Scam - an FBI sting operation in which agents posed as rich oil sheiks and bribed members of Congress






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. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






44. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






47. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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