Class

Question 1

What is white collar crime?

Answer 1

CROALL - Exploit your position at work to commit crime for your personal gain at loss of consumer or business.
IE Falsifying prescriptions.

Question 2

What is corporate crime?

Answer 2

SLAPPER AND TOMBS.
Crime commited by a company for the companies gain at cost of consumers or employees or the enviroment/wider society.

6 types
Paperwork - H& safety
Green crime
Labour law violations
unfair business practise
Financial
Manafacturing offences.

Question 3

Why commit white collar or corporate crime?

Answer 3

KATZ - Thrills and Spills
Hirschi - control theory, conform to expectations of business society
MERTON - strain theory from relative deprivation
NELKEN - Try to conform to the beliefs, commitments of business class, have to innovate to continue achieving.
GORDON- Criminogenic society.
Rational choice - low risk.
Sutherland - Differential association.

Question 4

Why is it underrepresented?

Answer 4

CROALL

• Faceless victim
• Invisible crime, meant to be at the scene and very complex.
• Motivated by gain not harm, seen as less criminal.

Institutional protection
Mutual blame ( Bribery)
Do not fit jury stereotype.
Victims may feel embarrassed or gullible.
Complex and time consuming to identify.

Question 5

Which classes commit crime?

Answer 5

SUTHERLAND - all classes commit, NEWBURN - focus on powerless.

FARRINGTON - Class and crime mix due to socio economic factors ie strain theory, Murray, lea and young.

RUSHE ET AL- Labour market if scarce let out, if overpopulated, jail.