White Collar Crime Victims

We live in a world where technology is changing at a breakneck pace. Having that in mind, white-collar crime is changing at the same pace. White-collar crime methodologies and goals have changed and are representative of the ever-changing technological advancements of the day. Keeping those changes in mind, the question arises, are we leading to the rise in white-collar crime by embracing those technological advances? Historical and current criminal justice data reflects reported crime data on a somewhat broad scope. Law enforcement agencies are not capturing and reporting data that are reflective of the conditions in which a white collar crime victim has been victimized. The current law enforcement criminal reporting data sets need to be upgraded to a more modern assimilation to be truly reflective of the criminal picture.
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These type crimes can potentially have a devastating effect on the United States’ economy. By driving consumer prices, increasing insurance premiums, and a litany of other pitfalls, white-collar criminals can and are creating a great detriment to this country. You can now see that the importance of knowing how criminals are exploiting technological advances and are utilization of them is very important for a number of reasons. Seeking data that indicates the actual technology used by the victim that was exploited by the white-collar criminal can dramatically aid in the prevention of future crimes. Being able to know where our vulnerabilities are will only further the pursuit of white-collar criminals by criminal justice professionals. This data will ultimately allow us as a country to safeguard our economy as well as individuals against future cybercrime. Without individualized crime specific data, we will only know a broader sense of how these white-collar criminals are carrying out there nefarious