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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. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






2. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






3. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






6. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






8. Adding or removing a substance






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






10. Largest ponzi scheme in history






11. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






13. Legally exploits security to test systems






14. Crimes committed by company






15. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






17. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






18. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






19. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






20. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






25. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






27. 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






28. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






31. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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. Legally exploits security to test systems






36. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






38. Adding or removing a substance






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






40. Crimes committed by company






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






42. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission