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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Adding or removing a substance






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






12. Largest ponzi scheme in history






13. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






17. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






19. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






23. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






26. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






28. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






29. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






33. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






36. Federal agency that protects the environment






37. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






38. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






39. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






41. Federal agency that protects the environment






42. Largest ponzi scheme in history






43. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






44. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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