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






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






3. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






9. Legally exploits security to test systems






10. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






21. Federal agency that protects the environment






22. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






24. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






35. Adding or removing a substance






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






37. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






38. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






39. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






41. Largest ponzi scheme in history






42. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






43. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






45. Jurisdictions over false advertising






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






47. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






49. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






50. Jurisdictions over false advertising