Those that commit crimes are not necessarily the ones that are down on their luck and are in need of monetary means. It is common though, that in today’s society and media, to see crimes that are committed by those that are considered lower class; but it is rare to see the crimes that are being committed by those that are privileged and only looking to make more money or those that are looking to not pay additional monies for taxes and such due to their greed. It appears that women are not as involved in the white collar crimes as are men because historically women have not been given the same business opportunities as men (Gottschalk, 2012). Therefore, women do not commit as many white collar crimes as men due to lack of opportunity.
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One type of crime that was looked into was police misconduct. It was concluded that male officers were more often accused of police misconduct than female officers (Gottschalk, 2012). There were many more complaints by the public about police misconduct by men than women as well. There was a study that was conducted in the United States that showed that male officers were eight times more than likely to be accused of excessive force than a female police officer (Gottschalk, 2012). It was also found that male police officers are twice as likely to be named in a complaint by a citizen than a woman police …show more content…
This would take much work because of how laws change and the fact that there would have to be much research done to determine if the case would be relevant to women and white-collar crime (Gottschalk, 2012). Another way to research women and white-collar crime would be to use newspaper articles because those would have had some amount of research already performed by the reporter. Also, the fact that the public would know about these cases helps in identifying whether they would be acceptable for the research. For the research of this paper, the newspaper option was the one that was used because it made the most sense to the researcher. The samples for the research were those offenders that were famous, companies that were well known, cases that were out of the ordinary, offenders that received consequences that were substantial, and cases that were found to be huge public interest stories (Gottschalk, 2012). The research used a total of 179 individuals; with 171 men and eight women. All of the individuals were found to commit the crimes in their early 40s and would be convicted in their late 40s. It is interesting to note that the money that would be involved is greater for the men and only half as much by the women (Gottschalk, 2012). The women basically have no personal wealth, however the men do. Fraud would
One type of crime that was looked into was police misconduct. It was concluded that male officers were more often accused of police misconduct than female officers (Gottschalk, 2012). There were many more complaints by the public about police misconduct by men than women as well. There was a study that was conducted in the United States that showed that male officers were eight times more than likely to be accused of excessive force than a female police officer (Gottschalk, 2012). It was also found that male police officers are twice as likely to be named in a complaint by a citizen than a woman police …show more content…
This would take much work because of how laws change and the fact that there would have to be much research done to determine if the case would be relevant to women and white-collar crime (Gottschalk, 2012). Another way to research women and white-collar crime would be to use newspaper articles because those would have had some amount of research already performed by the reporter. Also, the fact that the public would know about these cases helps in identifying whether they would be acceptable for the research. For the research of this paper, the newspaper option was the one that was used because it made the most sense to the researcher. The samples for the research were those offenders that were famous, companies that were well known, cases that were out of the ordinary, offenders that received consequences that were substantial, and cases that were found to be huge public interest stories (Gottschalk, 2012). The research used a total of 179 individuals; with 171 men and eight women. All of the individuals were found to commit the crimes in their early 40s and would be convicted in their late 40s. It is interesting to note that the money that would be involved is greater for the men and only half as much by the women (Gottschalk, 2012). The women basically have no personal wealth, however the men do. Fraud would