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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






13. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






14. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






17. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






18. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






20. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






23. Crimes committed by company






24. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






26. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






27. Crimes committed by company






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






29. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






30. Time between check issuance and presentation






31. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






35. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






37. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






48. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






49. Federal agency that protects the environment






50. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims