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White Collar Crime Vocab

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 30 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. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






5. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






8. Crimes committed by company






9. Time between check issuance and presentation






10. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






12. Legally exploits security to test systems






13. Crimes committed by company






14. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






16. Largest ponzi scheme in history






17. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






20. 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






21. Federal agency that protects the environment






22. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






23. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






29. Adding or removing a substance






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






31. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






34. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






36. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






40. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






44. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






46. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






50. Monitors and regulates security transactions