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






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






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






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. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






6. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






7. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






9. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






10. Jurisdictions over false advertising






11. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






13. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






16. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






20. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






28. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






31. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






33. Monitors and regulates security transactions






34. Time between check issuance and presentation






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






36. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






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






42. Crimes committed by company






43. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






44. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






45. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






47. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






49. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






50. Adding or removing a substance