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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. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






5. Federal agency that protects the environment






6. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






8. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






10. Adding or removing a substance






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






12. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






16. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






20. Largest ponzi scheme in history






21. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






24. Crimes committed by company






25. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






27. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Largest ponzi scheme in history






35. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






38. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






40. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






41. Legally exploits security to test systems






42. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






43. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






44. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






48. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






50. Time between check issuance and presentation