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






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






4. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






6. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






10. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






12. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






14. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






25. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






26. 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






27. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






28. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






31. 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






32. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






34. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






35. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






36. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






37. Largest ponzi scheme in history






38. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






40. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






41. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






42. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






43. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






46. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






47. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






49. Legally exploits security to test systems






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