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people call a blue collar service man, it is usually to assist them in a task they cannot do themselves. Every career has a worker developing new skills and more intelligence as time goes on. In the short novel, “Blue Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose, he argues how occupations are stereotypically categorized based on the knowledge of the workers. Rose explains how family is a predominant…

White collar crime, for all practical purposes, is just high-end criminals getting away with fraud and other felonies by hiding behind corporate veils and political agendas with little regard for their victims. Whether considering the elite white collar criminals like Madoff or the middle class violators, this cross section of criminals is different. In attempt to put aside the obvious favoritism and lopsided application of the law, white collar crime has the tenets to more than adequately…

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…

According to “Blue Collar-Brilliance, Rose believes that blue collar workers are also intelligent. Rose’s mother never went to college, but is still highly intelligent. Rose’s mother could multi-task and communicate with customers. Rosie’s job required body and mind “She became adept at reading social cues and managing feelings,” “She would stay on her feet all day and night.” Rose’s uncle was also very intelligent blue collar worker.Joe had worked many jobs such as Pennsylvania Railroad,Navy…

White Collar Crime in America White-collar crime is typically a nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals, it is a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status during the course of his career. Most of these crimes for the most part include fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, copyright infringement, money laundering, and forgery, but can go to much bigger lengths. Many people consider white color crime as victimless, but it is all…

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.…

This particular chapter talked about the many different crimes that there are. I chose to talk about white-collar crime because I thought that it was the most interesting out of all of the other topics. White-collar crimes are acts of crime that are typically committed in the workforce. According to Zastrow, such crimes include false advertising, violations of food and drug laws and the release of industrial waste products into public waterways among other crimes (Zastrow, 2013, p. 297). An…

Most people don’t realize the work behind the mind and body for all jobs, starting from being a janitor to a waitress. All jobs require not only good physical health but also, a proper mindset. In the article, Blue Collar Brilliance, Mike Rose asserts that blue-collar workers use not only their body, but their intellect too (245). Workers use different strategies to help them cope better with their job while being the best they can be. Undertaking various work strategies to overcome obstacles…

Intelligence is not what one can acquire from books, but how one can effectively react to non-receptive content. In the article “Blue-collar Brilliance”, Mike Rose contends that workers in the professional field are not more resourcefully adequate than blue-collar and service workers. Being successful in the labor or service field requires the same set of mind tools as doctors, lawyers, scientists, and other professionals. The way a doctor generates a diagnosis based on intuition and medical…

developed to directly relate intelligence to one’s level of schooling. However, in “Blue-Collar Brilliance” Professor Mike Rose opposes the notion of intelligence being measured by levels of education and degrees. After years of close observation, Rose proposes that blue-collar and manual labor occupations offer just as many opportunities for intellectual growth as the average classroom (97). Criticizers of blue collar jobs fail to realize that they can be just as enlightening as higher…