HDP 121 Crimes Among White Collar & Blue Collar

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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