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






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






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






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






5. Monitors and regulates security transactions






6. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






7. Largest ponzi scheme in history






8. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






9. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






10. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






11. Legally exploits security to test systems






12. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






15. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






23. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






24. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






32. Time between check issuance and presentation






33. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






36. Crimes committed by company






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






38. 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






39. Monitors and regulates security transactions






40. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






42. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






43. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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