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| Sutherland's Def of White collar Crime |
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[image]White collar crime may be defined approximately as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation
Sutherland explained that the concept is not intended to be definitive |
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| Two elements of White collar crime |
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ffender element
Offense element
Crimes in which the rich and powerful use their occupational positions to get more wealth and power |
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| Offender had to be of high status |
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| offense had to be occupationally based |
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| Sutherland's WC arguement |
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When people enter the business world, they are increasingly isolated and learn the actions of doing something illegal through differential association with their co-workers.
upper world was socially disorganized: The forces organized against crime were weak, whereas the forces organized for crime were strong |
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The public do not think of businesspeople and professionals as criminal
Prevailing laissez-fair capitalist ideology provided a general justification for not intervening in business practices
Business uses its influence to disrupt attempts to control it
The potential victims of white-collar crime are, in comparison with their victimizers, weak |
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| is white collar crime organized crime? |
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| a related notion, involving legal organizations that violate the law and including such illegal acts as antitrust violations, stock market violations, and false advertisements; done for company gain |
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| criminal behavior is learned in social interaction with others; learning includes techniques and rationalizations; takes place in primary groups |
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| Sykes and Matza; the line between conformity and deviance is not always clear |
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| against workers, against government, against environment, against consumers |
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| What is the major difference between white collar crime and street crime? |
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| White collar crime is an act committed in the course of a legitimate occupation, street crime is not |
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| Edwin Sutherland's term to indicate that associating with some groups results in learning an "excess of definitions" of deviance and by extension, in a greater likelihood that one will become deviant |
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| Crimes such as mugging, rape and burglary |
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| Techniques of Neutralization |
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| Ways of thinking or rationalizing that help people deflect society's norms |
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| White-Collar Crime (Corporate Crime) |
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| Edwin Sutherland's term for crimes committed by people of respectable and high social status in the course of their occupations; examples include bribery of public officials, securities violation, embezzlement, false advertisement, and price fixing |
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