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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 that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






2. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






5. Time between check issuance and presentation






6. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






10. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






12. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






14. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






15. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






18. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






19. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






23. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






36. Federal agency that protects the environment






37. Legally exploits security to test systems






38. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






40. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






41. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






43. 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






44. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






46. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






48. Jurisdictions over false advertising






49. Adding or removing a substance






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