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






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






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






4. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






6. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






10. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






11. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






13. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






16. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






17. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






20. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






24. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






25. 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






26. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






36. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






37. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






38. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






39. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






41. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






42. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






44. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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