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






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






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






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






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






6. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






10. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






11. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






15. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






17. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






19. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






22. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






24. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






26. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






27. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






28. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






29. Legally exploits security to test systems






30. 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






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






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






33. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






34. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






37. Crimes committed by company






38. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






40. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






41. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






43. Jurisdictions over false advertising






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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