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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






9. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






11. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






12. Adding or removing a substance






13. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






14. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






17. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






18. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






21. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






23. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






24. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






26. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






29. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






30. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






34. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






35. Monitors and regulates security transactions






36. Monitors and regulates security transactions






37. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






38. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






41. Jurisdictions over false advertising






42. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






44. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






46. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






47. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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