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






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






3. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






9. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






11. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






15. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






16. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






17. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






20. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






22. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






23. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






24. Time between check issuance and presentation






25. 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






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






27. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






28. Federal agency that protects the environment






29. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






30. Adding or removing a substance






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






32. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Monitors and regulates security transactions






46. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






47. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






49. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






50. Time between check issuance and presentation