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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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






4. Legally exploits security to test systems






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






15. Crimes committed by company






16. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






17. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






20. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






24. Jurisdictions over false advertising






25. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






26. Monitors and regulates security transactions






27. Jurisdictions over false advertising






28. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






29. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






32. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






35. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






43. Crimes committed by company






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






45. Adding or removing a substance






46. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






48. Monitors and regulates security transactions






49. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






50. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee