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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






6. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






8. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






9. Crimes committed by company






10. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






14. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






15. Legally exploits security to test systems






16. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






18. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






21. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






26. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






30. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






31. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






33. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






38. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






40. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






47. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






50. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes