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White Collar Crime Vocab

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 20 minutes. 2 minutes extra for reading the instructions.
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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. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






2. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






7. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






8. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






10. Legally exploits security to test systems






11. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Largest ponzi scheme in history






19. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






21. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






24. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






25. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






26. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






27. Adding or removing a substance






28. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






29. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






31. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






35. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






44. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






49. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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