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






2. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






7. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






8. Jurisdictions over false advertising






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






11. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






12. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






14. Crimes committed by company






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






16. Federal agency that protects the environment






17. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






18. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






21. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






22. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






25. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






26. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






28. Legally exploits security to test systems






29. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Adding or removing a substance






36. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






39. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






40. Adding or removing a substance






41. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






45. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






46. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






49. Crimes committed by company






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