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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. Adding or removing a substance






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






3. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






12. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






13. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






16. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






19. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






20. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






21. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






24. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






25. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






36. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






37. Jurisdictions over false advertising






38. Crimes committed by company






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






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






41. Crimes committed by company






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






48. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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