Assignment I Professor Ray Fitzgerald LEG 200-White Collar Crime in Government‚ Business‚ and Labor February 1‚ 2013 Supporting White Collar Legislation Our common law crimes are classified as either mala in se or mala prohibita. The mala in se offenses included crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ arson and theft (Schubert‚ 2012). These were crimes that people deemed as naturally bad. The mala prohibita crimes were defined by law to be prohibited. Our state statutes will help define
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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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White Collar crime has been a hot topic since the 20th century. Edwin Sutherland introduced the term at the fourth annual meeting of the Sociological Association. At this meeting he explained who this type of criminal is and what the criminal does for a living. Sutherland developed a theory to try and fit this type of criminal. The theory is differential association. There are four different pieces of evidence to understand the theory. White collar crime ranges from Embezzlement to Mortgage Fraud
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‘crimes of the suit’ and focusing solely on the ‘crimes of the streets’ (Newburn‚ 2013‚ pp.372). Some would even regard white-collar crimes as being more brutal than violent crimes. The actions of a few powerful executives and corrupt businessmen can affect the lives of the masses. Unfortunately‚ almost everyone is susceptible to falling prey to these kinds of crimes‚
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diverse set of actors—including executives‚ doctors‚ politicians‚ and computer hackers. The authors have attempted to infuse each chapter with a historical perspective by describing some selected cases from the past in order to illustrate that white-collar crime is not solely a contemporary social problem but has a long and vivid history. I. The History of a Concept a) Ponzi’s - Whereby investors’ returns are paid for directly by later investors’ investments‚ giving the false impression that the
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“low skill service jobs‚” to foreign countries reduces jobs for those that could truly benefit from them within our own country. The unemployment rate has dramatically increased‚ and continues to rise‚ compared to what it has been in years past; yet there are numerous companies which still insist on handing over these “low skill service jobs” to people in other countries such as India. The most obvious and logical reason for outsourcing is reducing costs; people are working for a smaller fraction
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Corporate Criminal Liability and White-Collar Crime Glory Finley Nur Kanburoglu Patrina Mohabir Rebecca Saxon Julie Stoltz Suzanne Witkowski University of Phoenix BUS 421: Business Law Mark Goodman June 1‚ 2009 Corporate Criminal Liability and White-Collar Crime White-collar crimes are non-violent criminal actions done through a business operation. These types of crimes usually do not affect one particular person‚ but a large number of individuals such as employees and investors.
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Although no crime is victimless‚ white collar crime stands alone in its ability to devastate victims through non-violent means. White collar crime is the use of schemes or frauds to manipulate or gain money‚ usually committed by a professional at work. Be it an investor committing fraud or a restaurateur embezzling from their business‚ white collar crime harms society. White collar crime costs the USA over $300 billion every year. (Firm‚ Lisa Wells Law) Its victims may be investors‚ business owners
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White Collar crime has been Identified by Edwin Sutherland as “A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" Since technology has come into play many issues have come to surface and the crime rates have increased causing one particular branch of white collar crime known as computer fraud White collar crime: Computer Fraud White Collar crime has been Identified by Edwin Sutherland as “A crime committed by a person of respectability
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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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