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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






9. Crimes committed by company






10. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






14. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






15. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






16. Monitors and regulates security transactions






17. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






19. Federal agency that protects the environment






20. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






23. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






24. Legally exploits security to test systems






25. Time between check issuance and presentation






26. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






27. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






28. Adding or removing a substance






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






30. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






31. 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






32. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






34. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






36. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






38. Federal agency that protects the environment






39. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






40. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






44. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






46. Crimes committed by company






47. Adding or removing a substance






48. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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