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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 for malicious purposes






2. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






5. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






9. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






11. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






22. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






27. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






31. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






32. Monitors and regulates security transactions






33. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






34. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






36. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






38. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






40. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






41. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






43. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






45. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






49. 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






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