Corporate Crimes Flashcards
What does Reiman and Leighton’s (2012) book show ?
Its more likely for a crime to be committed by higher-class people
What does Sutherland (1949) define a white collar crime as ?
A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation
What are the two types of crime that Sutherland fails do distinguish between ?
Occupational crime
Corporate crime
What is occupational crime ?
A crime committed by employees simply for their own personal gain
What is a corporate crime ?
A crime committed by employees for their organisation in pursuit of it’s goals
What are the effects that Tombs (2013) says Corporate crimes have ?
Physical (Deaths and illness)
Environmental
Economic
What is an example of a Corporate crime and the punishment given ?
KPMG paid a $456m fine for tax fraud
What are the reasons corporate crimes aren’t taken seriously ?
These offences are often hidden from the public
Victimisation tends to be indirect
Many of these crimes are very complex
Responsibility is often delegated
Laws against corporate crimes are often unclear
Law enforcers find them difficult to detect and prosecute
Regulatory bodies are more concerned with compliance
How does Box (1983) link Merton’s strain theory to corporate crime ?
He says if a company cannot maximise profit through legal means it may employ illegal means instead
Sutherland believes crime and deviant behaviour is learned what other concepts does this link to ?
Deviant subcultures
Techniques of justification
What does Cicurel (1968)
say ?
That the middle-class can negotiate non-criminal labels for their misbehaviour
How does Box (1983) explain corporate crime ?
Through a mystification that spread the ideology that corporate crime is less widespread or harmful than WC crime
