In John S. Baker’s article, The Sociological Origins of White Collar Crime, he briefly described Sutherland’s thought about white-collar crime. Baker pointed out and quoted from what Sutherland said himself that, “White collar crime is crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. (Heritage Foundation, 2004)” Though in today’s time, the term can be used in a variety of different crimes that are considered to be white-collar. Some most common types of this certain crime may include credit card fraud, antitrust violations, healthcare fraud, insider trading, counterfeiting, money laundering, money laundry, and much more. The offenders may be hard to be prosecuted because of the complexity of the steps that had taken because they conceal their transactions very secretive. Anyone from any level of the company as well as the occupations that they have can execute white-collar
In John S. Baker’s article, The Sociological Origins of White Collar Crime, he briefly described Sutherland’s thought about white-collar crime. Baker pointed out and quoted from what Sutherland said himself that, “White collar crime is crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. (Heritage Foundation, 2004)” Though in today’s time, the term can be used in a variety of different crimes that are considered to be white-collar. Some most common types of this certain crime may include credit card fraud, antitrust violations, healthcare fraud, insider trading, counterfeiting, money laundering, money laundry, and much more. The offenders may be hard to be prosecuted because of the complexity of the steps that had taken because they conceal their transactions very secretive. Anyone from any level of the company as well as the occupations that they have can execute white-collar