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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. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






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






3. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






4. Legally exploits security to test systems






5. Crimes committed by company






6. Jurisdictions over false advertising






7. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Time between check issuance and presentation






21. Monitors and regulates security transactions






22. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






24. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






26. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






28. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






32. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






34. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






37. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






39. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






40. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






42. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






44. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






46. Crimes committed by company






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






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






49. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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