PAPER 3 CLASS AND CRIME

Question 1

What does Tombs and Whyte say?

Answer 1

Many victims of corporate and white collar crime are poor and deprived members of society and do have the power to take on big corporations. They may not be aware that they have been a victim of crime and may think it was

Question 2

What does Croall say?

Answer 2

Those who commit these corporate crimes would say they never intended to cause harm. They use techniques of neutralisation through expensive lawyers and accountants to justify and say it was a mistake not deliberate.

Question 3

What is control theory?

Answer 3

Those that commit these crimes for companies such as Volkswagen are socialised into aggressive management cultures and loyalty to the company. See it as part of acceptable business practice in corporate world and not morally wrong

Question 4

What is criminals capitalism according to box?

Answer 4

That crimes happen because capitalism itself encourages greed and competition.