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






2. Monitors and regulates security transactions






3. 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






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






5. Time between check issuance and presentation






6. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






10. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






13. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






18. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






21. Largest ponzi scheme in history






22. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






23. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






24. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






27. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






29. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






30. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






37. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






38. Crimes committed by company






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






40. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






41. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






42. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






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






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






48. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






49. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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