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






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






3. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






4. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






8. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






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






20. Federal agency that protects the environment






21. Adding or removing a substance






22. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






23. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






24. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






25. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






27. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






31. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






33. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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. Largest ponzi scheme in history






38. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






40. Jurisdictions over false advertising






41. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






45. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






48. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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