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






2. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






6. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






7. Adding or removing a substance






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






9. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






12. Legally exploits security to test systems






13. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






15. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






17. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






18. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






21. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






22. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






24. Time between check issuance and presentation






25. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






27. Largest ponzi scheme in history






28. Adding or removing a substance






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






30. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






31. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






40. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






42. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






44. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






46. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






48. Crimes committed by company






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






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