social class and crime Flashcards

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criminogenic

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capitalism encourages crime from all social classes

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Case study: Elizabeth holmes

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she founded a company valued at $39 for supposedly bringing about a revolution in diagnosing disease, by 2015 she was exposed as a fake and the technology didn’t work. she was convicted in january on 4 counts of fraud

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occupational crime

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crime committed by employees for their own personal gain, often against the organisation they work for

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4
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corporate crime

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crime committed by employees for their organisation in pursuit if its goals

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Case study: Bhopal and union carbide

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Union Carbide went to india to save money but they tried to train their workers in languages they couldn’t understand - this led to a chemical leak all throughout bhopal.

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6
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how many people died at bhopal?

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50,000

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