Unit 1 AC1.1 Analyse different types of crime Flashcards
What are potential victims of white-collar crime?
People with the funds to invest in a finance scheme like early retired workers.
Who is the offender in white-collar crime?
People of respectability and high standard, working in commercial employment.
What is the level of public awareness regarding white-collar crime?
Low because they are relatively uncommon and hard to prosecute.
Is white collar crime considered deviant or criminal?
Criminal, taking money from investors to use as your own.
Who can be the potential victims of moral crime?
Thought to be victimless, but the offender and victim can be the same person.
Who is the offender in moral crime?
Can be the same person as the victim, but often are in a financial or personal struggle.
What is the level of public awareness regarding moral crime?
Low as crimes are hidden from the offenders’ families and the public. Often ignored out of sympathy for the offender.
Is moral crime considered deviant or criminal?
Both, acts such as drug use are illegal but acts such as prostitution actually have no laws forbidding it.
Who can be potential victims of state crime?
Citizens of a country or people with a different political viewpoint of the government.
Who is the offender in state crime?
High-ranking government officials under regime orders.
What is the level of public awareness regarding state crime?
Although uncommon, they are usually high because of the speed of current-day media reporting.
Is state crime considered deviant or criminal?
Both – Deviant to the country if there aren’t any laws against it, but most would see it as criminal.
Who can be potential victims of technological crime?
Anyone with access to the internet, either individuals or large organizations.
Who is the offender in technological crime?
Anyone with basic knowledge of the internet, likely based overseas with an ability to gain access to bank accounts and credit cards.
What is the level of public awareness regarding technological crime?
At first, awareness was low due to the technological element, but promotion of crimes has attracted a lot of media coverage and raised awareness of these crimes.
