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






3. Federal agency that protects the environment






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






5. Federal agency that protects the environment






6. Adding or removing a substance






7. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






15. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






18. Crimes committed by company






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






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. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






22. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






25. Monitors and regulates security transactions






26. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






28. Time between check issuance and presentation






29. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






32. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






33. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






34. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






38. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






39. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






44. Crimes committed by company






45. Jurisdictions over false advertising






46. Time between check issuance and presentation






47. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






50. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes