White-collar crime refers to any criminal act committed at his or her place of employment. The term “white-collar crime” was forged by Edwin Sutherland (Green, 1993). Many think only disadvantaged individuals take part in criminal acts, but those with high social status also participate in criminal mischief. There is also a stigma associated with gender roles related to white-collar crimes. It is alleged that women commit less white-collar crime than men (Gottschalk & Glaso, 2013). There are different reasons for the gender disparity of offenders, which will be addressed in relation to the specific white-collar crime carried out by Rita Crundwell.
Rita Crundwell committed the criminal act of embezzlement. Ms. Crundwell embezzled millions from …show more content…
Motivation is related to the discussion of self-control (Alalehto, 2015). Greed is a common factor as to why white-collar crime is committed. This factor of greed is also widely disputed. A majority of white-collar criminals are motivated to gain for the purpose of profiting their firm; therefore, not benefiting themselves directly. The criminal offender is more likely to commit the crime to avoid losing some sort of entity rather than to fain for their own personal vendetta (Alalehto, 2015). This point conflicts with the information given about Rita Crundwell’s crime. Crundwell, over the span of two decades, persisted to thieve under the noses of all who came into contact with her at her place of …show more content…
This includes examining cases of white-collar crime that occur on a city, county, and state level. There is an abundant amount of research on gender discrepancy in the corporate world arena, as well as the entertainment industry including newspaper companies such as the one done in the Peter Gottschalk article, “Gender and White Collar Crime: Only Four Percent Female Criminals”. The Rita Crundwell situation occurred on the city level. She was an entrusted city official appointed to handle the funds for the entire city, but managed to fall short.
It is important to delve deeper into the criminal behavior conducted by our city, county, state and even federal level officials. These officials are appointed to run their city, county, etc. They need to be held liable for their actions at their place of work. We didn’t expect for Crundwell to be living a double life. She was only the comptroller for the town of Dixon, a small portion of the body of officials who run the town. If she was hiding secretes, don’t you wonder what kind of secrets other female city officials are
Rita Crundwell committed the criminal act of embezzlement. Ms. Crundwell embezzled millions from …show more content…
Motivation is related to the discussion of self-control (Alalehto, 2015). Greed is a common factor as to why white-collar crime is committed. This factor of greed is also widely disputed. A majority of white-collar criminals are motivated to gain for the purpose of profiting their firm; therefore, not benefiting themselves directly. The criminal offender is more likely to commit the crime to avoid losing some sort of entity rather than to fain for their own personal vendetta (Alalehto, 2015). This point conflicts with the information given about Rita Crundwell’s crime. Crundwell, over the span of two decades, persisted to thieve under the noses of all who came into contact with her at her place of …show more content…
This includes examining cases of white-collar crime that occur on a city, county, and state level. There is an abundant amount of research on gender discrepancy in the corporate world arena, as well as the entertainment industry including newspaper companies such as the one done in the Peter Gottschalk article, “Gender and White Collar Crime: Only Four Percent Female Criminals”. The Rita Crundwell situation occurred on the city level. She was an entrusted city official appointed to handle the funds for the entire city, but managed to fall short.
It is important to delve deeper into the criminal behavior conducted by our city, county, state and even federal level officials. These officials are appointed to run their city, county, etc. They need to be held liable for their actions at their place of work. We didn’t expect for Crundwell to be living a double life. She was only the comptroller for the town of Dixon, a small portion of the body of officials who run the town. If she was hiding secretes, don’t you wonder what kind of secrets other female city officials are