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HDP 121 Crimes Among White Collar & Blue Collar
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YUSOFFNUR E’ZZATI BINTI RAMELEMARDIANA BINTI MOHARAM
WHITE COLLAR
Edwin Sutherland
American Sociologist
Coined the Term “White Collar Crime ”
“ Crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation ”
“ Crime of the Powerful ” Do not require strenuous physical labor Office Environment Higher Social Class Common Jobs are :
CEO Lawyer Accountant
CHARACTERISTIC Non-Violent Crime Deceit or Deception Involved Centrality of Questions of Intent
CRIME
Cyber crime Bribery Insider Trading
FACTOR INFLUENCES
Perceptual Attitudes Leniency Underestimation of Losses
BLUE COLLAR Coined in the 1920s Low Social Class Skilled or Unskilled Paid hourly wage-labor Not require a higher academic education Common jobs are:oElectricianoPlumberoWelder
CRIME
Burglary & Theft Drug Abuse Murder
FACTOR INFLUENCES
Education level Standard of living Social economic factors
PREVALENCE OF CRIMES
Blue Collar Crime
WAYS TO OVERCOMEWhite Collar Crime Enforce the law Local police should act on complaints Securities regulators should concern themselves
Blue Collar Crime Give them shelter Get an education Increase their standard of living