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






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






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






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






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






6. Time between check issuance and presentation






7. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






11. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






12. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






13. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






22. 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






23. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






29. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






31. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






32. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






34. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






36. Time between check issuance and presentation






37. Adding or removing a substance






38. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






44. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






49. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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