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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. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






18. Time between check issuance and presentation






19. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






20. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






22. Jurisdictions over false advertising






23. Adding or removing a substance






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






25. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






28. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






30. Crimes committed by company






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






32. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






34. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






35. Crimes committed by company






36. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






40. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






44. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






45. Time between check issuance and presentation






46. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






47. Monitors and regulates security transactions






48. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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