Edwin Sutherland

In 1939, Edwin Sutherland was the first criminologist to recognise the harmful actions of respectable individuals and corporations, which led to his development of the notion white-collar crime as “crimes committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation” (Sutherland 1983 cited in Haines and Sutton 2012, p2). Despite the broad definition established, Sutherland’s documentation…

Living in the world today is a fast paced, exciting experience that is led through technology seemingly. We live in a constantly advancing technological world. These advancements do not remove the risk of the criminal element operating within our fascinating high tech societies. We are seemingly adding fuel to the fire of white collar crime by embracing the consistently evolving wired in world that we are all beginning reliant on. This begs the question, are we causing the increase in white…

Deviant behaviors are socially influenced by society. There are sociological explanation to why people act and behave in certain ways. Values and beliefs are formed within a community, the actions and behaviors out of the norm can be perceived as deviance. Often, deviance may be associated with crime but not all deviant behavior is criminal. It is up to you to a impose a deviant behavior with your ability of power on society so that the idea will spread and become acceptable. In the film of…

Sociologically speaking, the debate is no longer about a breakdown of numbers, but rather why racial disparity, or the appearance of disparity, continues to occur. The first notable contributors to the growing incarceration rates is the judicial system itself; comprised of laws, those that hold up the laws, prosecute the laws, and sentence based upon the laws. Over the past 40 years there has been an increase in statutes and statute enforcement throughout the United States. This increase can be…

Theories are the best way to explain criminology and help improve the criminal justice system by finding facts and reasons behind every aspects of a crime starting from the motive and ending with correction and recidivism sometimes. The Social Learning theory in criminology is one of the first and most famous theories of crime. The Social Learning Theory theory basically means that crime is learned and people learn to engage in criminal behavior. (1. Social Learning and Personality Development)…

In my opinion, I find tittle 's control-balance theory to be a little bit off. In the book, it states, “Tittle argued that a person is least likely to offend when he or she has a balance of controlling and being controlled” (Tittle, 1995 ). The thing that I don 't understand is: How can the balance of controlling and being controlled determine whether or not a person will offend or not? I believe that a person could offend on other circumstances, such as how they grow up. By this, I mean if the…

Final Exam Kenneth Moyer University of Texas at Arlington CRCJ5350 Seokjin Jeong, Ph.D. December 3, 2014 Final Exam Question 1: Do you think Labeling theory is one to use in creating a prevention/intervention gang program targeted towards females? Why or Why not? What other theory would you suggest? (State the major assumptions, concepts, and propositions) Although there are many points within labeling theory that would be beneficial to creating a prevention/intervention gang…

In the article “Stealing a Bag of Potato Chips and other Acts of Resistance”, the reader is introduced to a group of fifteen year old Latino gang associated boys who enter a store by the name of Sam’s Liquor Store in a group of four. Although the boys are aware of the store’s strict policy of only two boys allowed in at one time, all four teenagers enter the store and try to make purchases. The reader is introduced to one of the gang members whose name is Flaco, and another one named Mike. As…

Family size also leaves an adolescent without the necessary attention they need as an individual. Middle children are more likely to behave deviantly because they go unnoticed more than their younger or older siblings. The legal definitions of abuse and neglect varies from state to state but does, in any form, create serious consequences for behavior. It occurs in patterns and not just once, which causes stress, poor self-esteem, aggressiveness, lack of empathy, and fewer interactions with peers…

occupational success, and a lack of direct, intentional violence (Friedrichs, pg 5). Trust and respectability are also very important terms in relation to white collar crimes that we do not see with conventional crime. An important sociologist, Edwin Sutherland pointed to the violation of trust as an important element of white collar crime and characterized…