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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. Crimes committed by company






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






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






4. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






5. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






6. Adding or removing a substance






7. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






9. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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






14. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






18. Adding or removing a substance






19. Legally exploits security to test systems






20. Time between check issuance and presentation






21. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






23. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






25. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






26. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






31. Jurisdictions over false advertising






32. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






33. 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






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






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






36. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






38. Monitors and regulates security transactions






39. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






44. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






46. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






48. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






49. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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