crimes of the powerful Flashcards
what is white collar crime
-crime committed by a person of respectibility and high social status also status in the course of occupation
what is corporate crime
-committed by employees for their organisation in pursuit of its goals e.g deliberately miselling products to increase company profits
what are exmaples of finical crimes
-tax evasion, bribery, money laundering. taxpayers
exmaples of crimes against employees
-sexual, racial discrimination. violation of wages , health and safety laws
exmaples of crimes against the environment
-illegal pollution e.g air ,water and toxic waste dumping
why is corportate crime often invisible in relation to the media
-little coverage of it on the media
-see it as a sanitised lanaguge
-not seen as real crime
-embezzlement becomes accounting iregualrties and death at work become accidents
why is corporate crime invisible due to lack of political will
-want to be tougher on street crime
-doesnt use crime surveys to discover extent of CC
why is CC invisible in terms of complexity of crimes
-law enforcements often udnerstaffed, underesourced
-lack technical expertise to investigate
why is CC invisible in terms of de labelling
-CC often filtered out from the process of criminalisation
-offences seen as civil not criminal
-penalties rather than jail
-investigation and prosecution limited
