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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. Federal agency that protects the environment






2. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






5. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






6. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






8. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






12. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






15. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






20. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






21. Jurisdictions over false advertising






22. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






23. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






25. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






29. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






30. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






35. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






38. Crimes committed by company






39. Crimes committed by company






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






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






42. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






44. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






47. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






49. Largest ponzi scheme in history






50. 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