White Collar Crime Flashcards
(11 cards)
What type of crime is White Collar Crime
Corporate/ Occupational Crime
White Crime Definition
Crime committed by a person in high social status in his/ her occupation
Qualifications for WC crime
- must be committed by an upper class offender
- must involve work related violations
- work related violations of blue collar are excluded
- regular crimes by upper class are excluded
General examples of WC crime
- fraud
- labor violations
- regulatory administration violations
- manufacturing violations
- unfair business practice
- abuse of authority
Incidents & Impact of WC Crime
Sutherland examined decisions of courts & regulatory commission against 70 largest merchants
- prevalence of rule violation
- Every corporation has committed more than one offense.
Economic Cost of WC crime
-UCR street crime is about 17 billion
- average loss of 1,800 per person annually from corporate crimes
Physical Cost
- corporation crime kills maims & injures alot larger number of innocent people
- Corporation crime causes 7x more deaths than traditional street crime
- car accident due to manufacturing error
Breakdown in social
Corporation crime creates higher level of immortality
*most high-profile business guilt of corporations wrong doing had strong political ties
Crimes against the environment
- Impact of industrial Revolution
- Environmental Protection Agency (1970)
*estimated 60,000 deaths - Laws against air pollution, water pollution, for preserving forest & other natural areas
Labor Violations
- Hiring illegal workers (children, illegal aliens), exploiting workers to keep unsafe work conditions
- OSHA passed in 1970
*death is considered a misdemeanor
OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Theoretical explanations of WC
- Various studies were examined regarding the theories
- Portions of rational choice theory are strongly supported by empirical research
- empirical research in WC crime
