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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 Committed by legitimate businesses






2. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






7. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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. 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






11. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






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






17. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






20. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






21. Crimes committed by company






22. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






23. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






24. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






25. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






27. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






28. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






30. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






31. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






32. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






38. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






43. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






48. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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