SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Edwin Sutherland, Fiduciary, Mass Media
2 May 2018
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March 19: Monday
White Collar Crime
● Edwin Sutherland (1883 - 1950)
○ Wealthy classes use their positions for personal gain without regard
to law
■ Because they have this position, they are able gain without
regard to the law
■ Realms within crime and criminality is not the same as the
dishonestly of the wealthy - THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WAS
HIDDEN
○ White collar criminals
■ Mainly dealt with by civil law, hidden from criminologists and
society
■ Cause high financial cost
■ Damage social institutions and social relations
● What is White Collar Crime FORMAL DEFINITION
○ Illegal or unethical acts that violate fiduciary responsibility or public
trust, committed by an individual or organization, usually during the
course of legitimate occupational activity by persons of high or
respectable social status for personal or organizational gain
○ Had everything to do with the criminal itself, rather than the act
(criticism)
● Offence Types
○ Occupational Crime
■ Committed by individuals in the course of their occupation
and by employees against their employer
■ Act where a perso’s power is abused
■ Most common form - fraud
● Use of deception to acquire unlawful gain (money,
power, or position)
● Subtype is professional crime:
○ Misconduct of those in professions (doctors,
lawyers, clergy, professors, etc)
○ Ie: malpractice, bribery,
○ Corporate Crime
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Document Summary
Wealthy classes use their positions for personal gain without regard to law. Because they have this position, they are able gain without regard to the law. Realms within crime and criminality is not the same as the dishonestly of the wealthy - their illegal activity was. Mainly dealt with by civil law, hidden from criminologists and society. What is white collar crime formal definition. Illegal or unethical acts that violate fiduciary responsibility or public trust, committed by an individual or organization, usually during the course of legitimate occupational activity by persons of high or respectable social status for personal or organizational gain. Had everything to do with the criminal itself, rather than the act (criticism) Committed by individuals in the course of their occupation and by employees against their employer. Act where a perso(cid:296)"s power is abused. Use of deception to acquire unlawful gain (money, power, or position)
