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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. Crimes committed by company






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






3. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






5. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






11. Monitors and regulates security transactions






12. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






13. Largest ponzi scheme in history






14. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






17. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






19. Crimes committed by company






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






21. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






24. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






28. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






30. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






34. Jurisdictions over false advertising






35. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






36. 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






37. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






48. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






49. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






50. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee