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






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






3. Time between check issuance and presentation






4. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






6. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






7. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






8. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






9. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






13. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






17. Federal agency that protects the environment






18. Monitors and regulates security transactions






19. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






23. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






24. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






25. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






26. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






28. Crimes committed by company






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






30. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






32. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






34. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






36. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






37. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






38. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






41. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






43. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






46. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






48. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






50. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses