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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






6. Time between check issuance and presentation






7. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






10. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






14. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






15. 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






16. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






18. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






23. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






24. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






26. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






29. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






31. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






34. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






36. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






38. Largest ponzi scheme in history






39. Jurisdictions over false advertising






40. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






42. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






45. Crimes committed by company






46. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






47. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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