White Collar Crime: Julian Assange. Case Study 2. David Lindsey CRJ 322 Criminal Mind. Professor David Prince. July 22‚ 2015 Abstract: White collar crime is said to be a victimless crime‚ however there is still a lot grey area when comes to the lines in which we see it. From the sociological to the economic impacts of the crimes. Like one case that I will be studying‚ the case of Julian Assange‚ who is one of the founders of WikiLeaks. Here is a case that the U.S has brought before court
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A present day study of the term white collar crime‚ is as controversial as it is general. If you log onto the F.B.I. website to see a host of crimes ranging from health care fraud to computer fraud. (www.fbi.gov) Criminologists‚ with a focus on the law‚ contend that many of the behaviors society believes to be white collar crimes are in fact not crimes at all. Without a statute to define a behavior as a criminal violation of law‚ behaviors could be labeled by individual standards rather than in
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extensive consequences (Roche et al. 2013: 449). White collar crimes are illegal activities committed by high status people in their course of occupation. Sociologists have studied several white collar crimes and made their own definitions based on different aspects of the crimes. Reiss & Biderman (Simpson 2013) defined white-collar crime as “violations of law to which penalties are attached and
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Ian De Jesus Law Enforcement 1 - 3B 5-1-15 White-Collar Crimes One would ask why someone with a high position‚ who is already earning vast amounts of cash or resources‚ would use backhanded tactics to maintain or advance their power. Unfortunately‚ the love of money or power have sent what seemed respectable people into corruption. White-collar crimes come in many forms and typically include fraud‚ bribery‚ Ponzi‚ schemes‚ insider trading‚ etc. They are mostly motivated by financial gain and
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although the decision made do not act in favor of any stakeholders‚ they are involved. Do the white-collar criminals as portrayed in the film consistently display the personality traits of risk seekers? The white collar criminals that are portrayed in the
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The Stages of the Hypothetical Method: White Collar “White Collar” is a show based on a man named Neal Caffrey‚ a wanted person by the FBI. He has been playing cat and mouse with the FBI for about three years and has been finally caught by an agent named Peter Burke. However‚ Neal Caffrey is known to be a very intelligent culprit. Neal Caffrey proposes an idea of working along with Peter Burke to hunt down white collar criminals using his skillful instincts. Peter Burke accepts his proposal and
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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 introduced. Examining public perceptions of white collar crimes‚ examiners were
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Identity Theft In today’s society‚ there is a white-collar crime that has greatly risen in popularity among criminals. This crime is identity theft. Hundreds of thousands of people have their identities stolen each year. Identity theft is when these criminals obtain and use consumers personal information such as credit card numbers‚ bank account numbers‚ insurance information‚ and social security numbers to purchase goods or services fraudulently. According to the Federal Trade Commission
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White collar crimes committed by people with high status‚ money‚ or power generally tend to get a lighter sentencing than street crimes. People with power‚ have the money and the resources to get out of tough situations that can cause lawful consequences. For example‚ in December of 2001‚ Martha Stewart sold over 3‚000 shares of Imclone System Stocks to save her $45‚000 on her ImClone stocks. She was convicted of conspiracy‚ false statement‚ and prejury changes. For this crime she was only sentenced
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…. 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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