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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. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






2. Monitors and regulates security transactions






3. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






6. Jurisdictions over false advertising






7. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






9. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






10. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






14. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






17. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






21. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






22. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






26. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






28. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






33. Adding or removing a substance






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






35. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






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






41. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






45. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






46. 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






47. Adding or removing a substance






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






49. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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