Why People Commit White Collar Crime

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The Piquero lecture was fascinating and entertainment. I can honestly say I was not that Interesting in researching, data analysis at first but it made me open my mind to it a little more. Especially when they spoke on that researching is a way of living, and how they research why people commit a criminal crime. The white collar crime researcher was a bit short when to explain what they do; I wish I would have asked question. For example, The questions I would have ask is which race commit a white collar crime, do they see it more as CEO of the company that mostly commit the crime and whats the main reason they think people commit the white collar crime and what theory they would believe that it fall under. The most interesting part that I

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