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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. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






2. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






4. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






5. Time between check issuance and presentation






6. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






7. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






9. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






10. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






11. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






14. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






27. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






29. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






32. Time between check issuance and presentation






33. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Adding or removing a substance






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






48. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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