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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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






2. Adding or removing a substance






3. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






5. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






7. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






10. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






14. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






17. Adding or removing a substance






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






19. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






21. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






24. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






25. Crimes committed by company






26. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






30. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






31. Jurisdictions over false advertising






32. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






39. Largest ponzi scheme in history






40. Jurisdictions over false advertising






41. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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