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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. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






12. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






16. Adding or removing a substance






17. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






19. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






33. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






34. Time between check issuance and presentation






35. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






36. Adding or removing a substance






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






38. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






39. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






40. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






42. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






46. Largest ponzi scheme in history






47. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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