Edwin Sutherland

The idea of white-collar crime was coined in 1939 by Edwin Sutherland, a sociologist. Sutherland defines white-collar crime as a crime committed by a person with high social status in his work (Sutherland, 1949). Sutherland spoke at the American Sociological Society Meeting in 1939, and expressed his concern for the lack of attention for certain crimes. These crimes were those of high-status people, such as corporate or “white-collar” workers. The actual term of white-collar comes from the…

pg.140) 1) Differential Association 2) Definitions favorable and unfavorable 3) Differential Reinforcement 4) Imitation/modeling White Collar Crime White collar crime is defined by Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as "crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status within his/her occupation."(Sutherland, 1940) Some examples of white collar crime are computer fraud, bankruptcy fraud, healthcare fraud, telemarketing fraud, credit card fraud and many other types of fraud. The social…

Crime is a common theme within films, media, literature and popular culture. However, to really make a character within these media believable it is the criminological theories that help to make the motivations and behaviours realistic. Animal Kingdom, is one of many movies which demonstrates criminal behaviour and motivations linked with criminological theories through the main character. This movie follows Josh and how he struggles to survive under his estranged criminal family. A detective…

the FBI investigates White-Collar crimes. White-Collar crimes are financially motivated nonviolent crimes committed by business and government professionals. The term White-Collar crime was first introduced by sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939. By introducing this term, Sutherland made the idea that "the wealthy and professional are untouchable" to be false in the eyes of justice. There is more to the FBI; it protects the people more closely than is even expected at most times.…

criminologists of the 20th century, Edwin Sutherland. Sutherland’s exploration and observations concluded that “white-collar crimes in the course of business included behaviors such as falsified financial records, bribery, embezzlement and tax fraud” (Coomber, p 84). He also suggested that a small percentage of physicians who engaged in white-collar crimes were committing the offense by falsifying reports and performing unnecessary medical procedures. Overall, Sutherland thought that people with…

Causation: A Comparison of Two Theories Andrew Dyar Anderson University Abstract: This essay offers a comparison between Robert Akers’ Social Learning Theory, and Walter Reckless’ Containment Theory. Social Learning Theory expands on Edwin Sutherland’s Differential Association Theory and seeks to explain that crime causation in some individuals is contributed to external factors in their environment. Containment Theory exists as part of the control theory that credits crime…

Edwin Sutherland is the founder of the differential association theory. This theory states that criminal behavior is learned from the interactions that an individual has with their peers and group members. It does not necessarily have to be criminal behavior that is learned, any behavior can be picked up but the importance is stressed between learning behavior from continuous interactions with others. Therefore, deviance is learned from an individual associating with a group of deviants and…

Sutherland in 1939, emphasizing the fact that criminal activity in the United States was to a great extent, taking place in everyday business by respectable individuals of high socio-economic status. The main feature of the crime was violation of trust, carried…

Social Disorganization Social disorganization was first introduced by sociologist at the University of Chicago and Institute for Juvenile Research in Chicago. Robert Parks and Ernest Burgess (1925), studied the longitudinal affects of Chicago while incorporating a social ecological perspective on the cities. They primarily focused on ways humans compete for scarce and desirable locations as animals do. What Parks and Burgess found were that as central business district zones grew in population…

Prior to its demise, Enron, an American energy, commodities, and services company, was one of Wall Street’s highest rated conglomerate. Enron was regarded as one of the most powerful and successful corporations in the world. Unfortunately, as America would learn, their success did not come without a consequence. Enron participated in side partnerships with investment banks, and was involved in special purpose entities also known as off-the-books partnerships, in order to hide company losses.…