The Impact of Income on Crime Prevention
Author: Monique Powers
Abstract
Crime is committed by every gender, race, and social class in the United States- Caucasian, African-American, Male and female, by the poor and by the wealthy. America has seen crime increasing tremendously which has raised the demand for an increase in crime prevention spending. However, others in society believe spending money on crime prevention is a waste since nothing has changed according to their findings and beliefs. With many controversial arguments whether the federal government needs to put more effort into crime prevention, I question who wants to fund it and who does not. Using information from the SPSS data set, “NES2008”, and running a cross-tabulation on …show more content…
They often involve individuals who hold organizational power, and generally involve a violation of trust with the intent of producing individual or corporate gain” (Coomber, p 84). White collar-crimes were first acknowledged by one of the most influential criminologists of the 20th century, Edwin Sutherland. Sutherland’s exploration and observations concluded that “white-collar crimes in the course of business included behaviors such as falsified financial records, bribery, embezzlement and tax fraud” (Coomber, p 84). He also suggested that a small percentage of physicians who engaged in white-collar crimes were committing the offense by falsifying reports and performing unnecessary medical procedures. Overall, Sutherland thought that people with power committed these crimes due to the ability of obtaining immunity (Coomber, p 84). “Survey results from a representative sample of US residents demonstrated the perceived seriousness of white-collar and corporate crime among the public (Piquero et al. 2008). Survey respondents were provided with descriptions of a number of hypothetical acts that involved corporate/white-collar crime and street crime. They were then asked to compare the seriousness of the acts. In most instances, respondents viewed corporate and white collar crimes to be equal to or more serious than street crime” (Coomber, p 86). With that being said, individuals who have high paying professions are the ones who engage in some of the most malicious crimes in the world. So why exactly would the wealthy/corporate class want government officials putting time and money into preventing crimes? That only but increases their chances of getting
Author: Monique Powers
Abstract
Crime is committed by every gender, race, and social class in the United States- Caucasian, African-American, Male and female, by the poor and by the wealthy. America has seen crime increasing tremendously which has raised the demand for an increase in crime prevention spending. However, others in society believe spending money on crime prevention is a waste since nothing has changed according to their findings and beliefs. With many controversial arguments whether the federal government needs to put more effort into crime prevention, I question who wants to fund it and who does not. Using information from the SPSS data set, “NES2008”, and running a cross-tabulation on …show more content…
They often involve individuals who hold organizational power, and generally involve a violation of trust with the intent of producing individual or corporate gain” (Coomber, p 84). White collar-crimes were first acknowledged by one of the most influential criminologists of the 20th century, Edwin Sutherland. Sutherland’s exploration and observations concluded that “white-collar crimes in the course of business included behaviors such as falsified financial records, bribery, embezzlement and tax fraud” (Coomber, p 84). He also suggested that a small percentage of physicians who engaged in white-collar crimes were committing the offense by falsifying reports and performing unnecessary medical procedures. Overall, Sutherland thought that people with power committed these crimes due to the ability of obtaining immunity (Coomber, p 84). “Survey results from a representative sample of US residents demonstrated the perceived seriousness of white-collar and corporate crime among the public (Piquero et al. 2008). Survey respondents were provided with descriptions of a number of hypothetical acts that involved corporate/white-collar crime and street crime. They were then asked to compare the seriousness of the acts. In most instances, respondents viewed corporate and white collar crimes to be equal to or more serious than street crime” (Coomber, p 86). With that being said, individuals who have high paying professions are the ones who engage in some of the most malicious crimes in the world. So why exactly would the wealthy/corporate class want government officials putting time and money into preventing crimes? That only but increases their chances of getting