Crimes Of The Powerful

Question 1

White collar & corporate crime

Sutherland

Answer 1

Sutherland defines white collar crime as ‘a crime committed by a person of respectability and high status in the course of his occupation’
Sutherlands aim was to challenge the stereotype that crime is purely just wc.

Question 2

The sales and types of corporate crimes

Answer 2

Covers a wide range of acts including

• financial crime - tax evasion
• crime against consumers- selling unfit goods
• crime against employees- violation of wage laws- discrimination

Question 3

Explanation for corporate crime

Answer 3

Strain theory- when opportunities to reach goal of material wealth by legal means are blocked-turn to crime-Metin used this for wc but others have used it for corporate crime.

Question 4

Box- corporate crime

Answer 4

Argues that if companies can’t achieve its goal of profit by legal means it may mean they turn to illegal ones instead

Question 5

Labelling theory -cicourel -corporate crime

Answer 5

He shows that middle class are more able to negotiate non- criminal labels for their behaviours
Unlike the poor businesses often have power to avoid being labelled- afford expensive lawyers