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






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






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






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






5. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






6. Crimes committed by company






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






8. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






10. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






11. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






13. 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






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






15. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






21. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






24. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






25. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






27. Federal agency that protects the environment






28. Adding or removing a substance






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






30. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






34. Jurisdictions over false advertising






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






37. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






39. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






40. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






41. Time between check issuance and presentation






42. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






43. 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






44. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






46. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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