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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. 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






2. Legally exploits security to test systems






3. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






4. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






8. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






13. Time between check issuance and presentation






14. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






18. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






20. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






21. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






23. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






26. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






27. Adding or removing a substance






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






31. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






32. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






33. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






35. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






37. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






39. Crimes committed by company






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






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






42. 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






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. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






46. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






49. Legally exploits security to test systems






50. Jurisdictions over false advertising