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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. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






2. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






3. Legally exploits security to test systems






4. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






7. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






16. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






17. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






18. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






21. Largest ponzi scheme in history






22. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






25. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






27. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






29. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






32. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






33. Federal agency that protects the environment






34. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






42. Adding or removing a substance






43. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






46. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






47. Crimes committed by company






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






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






50. Monitors and regulates security transactions