Social Theories and White Collar Crime Criminology 302 Social Theories and White Collar Crime Edward Sutherland believed that without including white-collar criminal offense as its own category it would contribute to errors in how we depicted the crime‚ understood the cause of offense‚ and evaluated crime in the justice system. (Simpson & Weisbud‚ 2009) Sutherland’s idea did not hold up well with scholars‚ due to missing information of the criminal‚ so his idea never took hold. Still
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Crimes are happening all day every day in the United States. Crime is a behavior that violates official law and is punishable through formal sanctions (OpenStax 2013:150). Upper-level crimes are now of great interest because of its growth in corporate America today (Roche‚ Schwartz‚ Steffensmeier 2013: 449). It is harmful to everyone and comes with extensive consequences (Roche et al. 2013: 449). White collar crimes are illegal activities committed by high status people in their course of occupation
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This essay will attempt to explain a crime chosen from an article by applying a criminological theory. The article chosen is ‘Girl in critical condition after fire that killed mother and siblings’. The writer of the article describes the events of a suspected arson attack that killed five members of the family after their home was set alight. The article then mentions another suspected arson incident that caused damage to a car belonging to a family living opposite the victims‚ which appears to
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types of causation which are necessary to establish criminal liability. These are factual causation and cause in law (also known as legal causation). Factual causation means that the defendant can only be found guilty if the consequence would not have happened ‘but for’ the defendant’s conduct. This was seen in the case of Pagett (1982). Similarly‚ a defendant cannot be found guilty if the victim’s death was unrelated to the defendant’s actions (as in White‚ 1910). Legal causation‚ where the
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committing crime could be attributed to their peers‚ neighborhood influences and or family members. This argument contains some validity‚ but falls short of providing a proper explanation of why some people commit crimes and others do not. In an effort to explain criminal behavior Criminologists must consider social factors‚ but an examination of biological factors and individual traits must also be undertaken. Research conducted by Terrie Moffitt‚ Pathways in the Life Course to Crime‚ explained
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Crime Causation and Diversion Latisha Billingsley CJA 374 May 11‚ 2015 Mrs. West People in general administration of helping youth may be a standout amongst the most troublesome employments around. Not just does the employment need to consider what is to the greatest advantage of the tyke yet it likewise needs to fulfill the kid’s guardians. Subsequently picking the right people to satisfy the dynamic parts inside this open administration is fundamental. The South Carolina Department of Juvenile
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J Heffernan General Theory of Crime Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi have devised the General Theory of Crime‚ or the GTC‚ as a way of explaining root causes of criminal behavior in an effort to find a solution to the problem of crime in America. The GTC is defined as: A developmental theory that modifies social control theory by integrating concepts from biosocial‚ psychological‚ routine activities and rational choice theories. (1) Unlike other crime theories‚ the GTC considers the
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Michaela Griffith Causation Fiona points a gun at Graham and who has a sudden heart attack and dies. The thin skull rule states that F has to take the victim G as she finds him‚ this means that although G had a heart condition and F may not have know this‚ that she will be held liable for the full extent of G’s death‚ although she did not directly kill him. BLAUE (1975) In relation to causation ’But For’ F not pointing a gun at G‚ G would not have had a heart attack and died. Therefor F is the factual cause of Gs death
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View the Causation and Correlation Presentation. Compare and contrast causation and correlation in a 200- to 300-word post. Explain whether each of the following may be classified as a causation or correlation. Justify your reasoning. Identify any possible lurking variables that may be present. Wealthy people are thin. This is an example of correlation. It is a case where people associate being wealthy with having more healthy habbits. In my opinion it is just conjecture and personal opinion
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In “Mental Causation‚” Karen Bennett discusses the overdetermination argument associated with the exclusion problem. Even if one assumes that causal power can be attributed to the mental‚ it is unclear that mental causation contributes anything meaningful to the explanation of an effect and does not merely overdetermine it‚ since the effect could be given a purely physical explanation (Kim 325). Some philosophers have bitten the bullet and claimed that mental causation is‚ in fact‚ comparable to
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