White-collar crime

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    When processing white-collar crimes versus those street crimes we see some marked differences. With the criminal justice system, we see the law used to punish violators of the social norms and it delivers a strong social message of punishment. These messages are used to demonstrate to the alleged criminals as well as to members of society what behaviors will be tolerated and which ones will not be acceptable. Consequently, dealing within the criminal justice system there is a high standard of…

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    When the word crime comes up, majority of the people may think of physical crime. For instance, people may make a quick assumption about crime dealing with breaking into someone’s house, robbing a bank, or even murder. One type crime that people have a tendency to overlook and don’t consider to be dangerous is white-collar crimes. According to the article How White-collar Works, Jane McGrath mentioned, “Another kind of crime is much easier to rationalize to ourselves. Committing it doesn't…

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    Symbolic Interactionalism would be the best choice of theory to analyze the increase in white collar crime in an area. Because this theory is built around a central idea that people are active in creating their lives, using this approach would allow me to understand the contributing factors which might be causing a rise in white collar crime. Some of the contributing factors affecting an individual are the smaller groups which an individual learns the behavior, acceptance of deviant behavior…

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    A white collar crime is a nonviolent crime committed usually for monetary advantage. White collar crimes are particularly difficult to track, and innovation today is making it significantly harder. White collar crimes are on the rise due to the technology advancing. There is a wide range of white collar criminals, however they are normally business and government professionals, or somebody in a position of trust. Despite the fact no physical harm is being conducted, white collar crimes cause…

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    As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, white collar offenders have a much easier time dodging punishment with their crimes. The rich preserve power and live much better lives than the poor. It is pretty clear the power inequality affects not only a person’s life, but others around them as well. The types of deviant activities we like to be engaged in are affected by power inequality (Barak 2000). Profitable crimes, such as corporate crime, are more likely to be perpetrated by the rich…

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    offenses ranging from tax law violations to environmental crimes” (Adler et al. Pg. 322, 2013). The biggest problem many corporation face is defining corporate crimes. In order to understand the causation of crime and criminal behavior, these corporations need to become familiar with early interpretation and theories of criminality. Towards the end of the 1930s Strain theories, developed by Emile Durkheim. Strain theory, observes a crime as the normal result of an "American dream", where by the…

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    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 white…

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    when one speaks of crime, we are referring to a violent act on one another. Despite the fact that this is not entirely inaccurate, there is a broader definition that underlines crime. A crime does not have to be committed with violent actions; it can be nonviolent. A type of crime that is overlooked but is prevailing is white collar crimes. White collar crimes are becoming of larger quantities. In our thriving and flourishing community it is becoming difficult to detect these crime. Despite the…

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    ways can you classify crime. There are many types of crimes that currently exist right now and even though the crimes committed are different, they can either relate to white collar crimes or organized crimes. White collar crimes incudes various forms of frauds, but it has been invisible to the public because only when the government makes a case against corporate entity, it is then when other people are informed. White collar crimes are identified as a type of nonviolent crime that is…

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    about a street crime that was committed not long ago and that only affected a few people. However, if one was to search for an article about a white-collar crime one will find it hard to find a case being covered on the news or newspaper. While street crime only causes relatively low financial damage white-collar crime yields a higher loss of capital. Nonetheless, the American justice system has primarily focuses on halting street crime offenders while comparably ignoring white-collar crime…

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