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






2. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






3. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






5. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






8. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






10. Monitors and regulates security transactions






11. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






12. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






14. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






15. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






17. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






21. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






30. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






33. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






35. Crimes committed by company






36. Federal agency that protects the environment






37. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






45. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






49. Adding or removing a substance






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