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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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






3. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






8. Crimes committed by company






9. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






13. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






15. Largest ponzi scheme in history






16. 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






17. Adding or removing a substance






18. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






21. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






23. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






25. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






27. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






30. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






32. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






33. Federal agency that protects the environment






34. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






35. Legally exploits security to test systems






36. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






39. Monitors and regulates security transactions






40. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






43. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






45. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






47. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






48. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






50. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission