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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. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






3. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






4. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






9. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






12. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






14. Jurisdictions over false advertising






15. Time between check issuance and presentation






16. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






18. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






19. Crimes committed by company






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






21. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






29. Federal agency that protects the environment






30. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






31. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






35. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






38. Legally exploits security to test systems






39. 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






40. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






42. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






49. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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