…. STREET CRIME or WHITE COLLAR CRIME? By general definition‚ a crime is a wronging‚ proclaimed by law against society. All acts of disobeying the law are crimes. Be it an assault or embezzlement one has committed a wrong. Yet we have learned values and morals from our surroundings which gave us concepts of the degree of harm pertaining to a particular crime. Our normal concept of crime is usually that of a physical one. We as a society‚ generally conjure images of a personal assault on oneself
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White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime One problem that plagues our society is crime. Crime is all around us in our everyday lives. Daily we hear of murders‚ robberies‚ and rapes. These are categorized as "street crimes." For many people‚ such crimes are the only "tragic" crimes‚ the ones that are senseless and preventable. In Finsterbusch’s book‚ Taking Sides‚ another variety of crime is exposed. This other form of crime is "white collar" crime. Both have victims‚ and the effects of both
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are some examples of white-collar crime in American history? Some of the earliest examples of white collar crime would be scandals such as the 1920’s Teapot Dome Scandal that involved members of then President Harding’s administration. The Scandal involved the leasing of naval oil reserves without going into the bidding process. Another example would be the S&L scandal of the 1980’s. The amount of money may never be known and the scandal was known as the biggest white collar crime in history. This
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Research show‚ street criminals were more likely to be caught and be sentenced to more severe penalties than white-collar criminals. The distinction between white-collar and street criminals is key because it is uncertain that whether punishment is established at the level of the specific offense or is established generally for all crime types. Before analyzing whether street and white-collar are similar or different‚ a brief overview of the perceptual literature regarding white-collar crimes are first
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JUS-250 Crit. Issues in Criminal Justice White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime: Which Is Worse? A general definition of crime is the wrong doing against public law. Society is plagued by crime whether it’s an assault or embezzlement both are wrong yet the image that comes to mind when defining the concept of a crime is usually a personal assault on someone. Rarely do we think of a CEO of a Fortune 500 company stealing from the business. Society is more exposed to street crime. Not a day goes
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White collar crime and credit card fraud are complex crimes that are generally related to business‚ industry‚ and economic schemes. The U.S. Department of Justice defines white collar crime as a “nonviolent‚ illegal activities that rely on deceit‚ deception‚ concealment‚ manipulation‚ breach of trust‚ subterfuge‚ or illegal circumvention” (Criminal Investigation‚ 11th Edition). Statically these sophisticated crimes are usually committed by caucasian and european men. No matter the circumstances‚
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White Collar Crimes John E. Brown Strayer University CRJ 105- Crime and Criminal Behavior Professor Deborah S. White April 26‚ 2014 White Collar Crimes Introduction: This paper will explain why the topic of White Collar Crime needs to be researched and what actions should be taken‚ while during the research. White Collar crimes has the power to win election‚ gain public trust‚ influence the press and give a person the impression that he or she can continue to lie so they can stay a
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reasoning of white collar crimes costing billions of dollars annually to our government‚ criminals of this sort usually don’t get caught right away‚ if at all. Without the proper punishment of these criminals they can just rob us of our money day by day. It can happen to any of us that are operating inside of a business. Many of these menaces in their corporation do their work in silence and under unanimous making it very complex to detain said person. While other types of criminals are out vandalizing
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White-collar crime is commonly referred as the “upper class crime”‚ traditional crime is generally more collocated with the lower class. Approaching this research‚ I had the same theory. Undisputable‚ all the popular classes of non-violent illegitimate activities which primarily involve “traditional notions of deceit‚ deception‚ concealment‚ manipulation‚ breach of trust‚ subterfuge or illegal circumvention"‚ are mostly committed by parties with substantial influence to financial institutions. However
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have to allocate precious resources of their own if they were to prosecute white-collar criminals within the company. Prosecutions can be time and money consuming when comes to investigating the case to hiring lawyers to settle down the matter in court. This might interfere with the daily operations of the company and holds back their efficiency as part of their manpower and resources are used up in litigations of white-collar crimes. In addition to that‚ companies are less likely to prosecute if the
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