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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. Jurisdictions over false advertising






2. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






5. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






7. Legally exploits security to test systems






8. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






10. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






12. Time between check issuance and presentation






13. Monitors and regulates security transactions






14. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






19. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






21. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






23. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






27. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






30. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






34. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






39. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






42. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






45. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






47. Adding or removing a substance






48. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






50. 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