crime + deviance: crimes of powerful

Question 1

how did Sutherland define ‘white collar crime’?

Answer 1

a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation

Question 2

what did Sutherlands definition fail to distinguish between?

Answer 2

2 different types of crime:
occupational and corporate crime

Question 3

what is occupational crime?

Answer 3

committed by employees for own personal gain, often against the organisation they work for
e.g. stealing from the company or its customers

Question 4

what is corporate crime?

Answer 4

committed by employees for their organisation in pursuit of its goals e.g. deliberately mis-selling products to increase company profits

Question 5

how do Pearce + Tombs define corporate crime?

Answer 5

any illegal cat or omission that is the result of deliberate decisions or culpable negligence by a legitimate business organisation and that is intended to benefit the business

Question 6

how much more do white collar crimes cost in USA compared to ordinary crimes?

Answer 6

10x

Question 7

what does Tombs note as the other costs of white collar crimes?

Answer 7

-physical (deaths, injuries, illness)
-environmental (pollution)
-economic (to consumers, workers, taxpayers and governments)