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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






8. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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. Adding or removing a substance






11. Time between check issuance and presentation






12. Largest ponzi scheme in history






13. Adding or removing a substance






14. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






15. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






17. Monitors and regulates security transactions






18. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






21. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






24. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






26. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






27. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






30. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






32. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






37. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






38. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






42. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






44. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






47. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






48. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






50. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels