Week Seventeen - White Collar Crime Flashcards
1
Q
What is White Collar Crime?
A
“A crime committed by a person of respectable high social status in the course of his occupation” (Sutherland, 1939).
2
Q
What does it tend to be subject to?
A
Tends to be subject to ‘regulation’, rather than criminal investigation, prosecution and criminal conviction.
3
Q
What is White Collar Crime regulated by?
A
Regulated by inspectorates, commissions, government departments, not enforced by the criminal justice system
4
Q
Why…
A
It’s difficult to detect what is going on
Expensive to pursue through the criminal courts
It’s considered reasonable to settle disputes administratively.
