Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Capital, Volstead Act, Ethnic Succession Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2266A/B
• Professor: Steven Kleinknecht

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Occupational crime: violation of legal norms governing lawful occupational endeavours: direct vs. indirect benefit to employee/employer, salami technique: taking a miniscule slice off the end of the meat, and then another. Corporate crime: acts committed by businesses in the interests of generating profit and avoiding losses and prosecution: sponsorship scandals. The way in which work is organized can provide opportunities for crime (provide targets, absence of guardian) The feeling towards the workplace employers and employees can give you motivation for crime: culture of (cid:272)o(cid:373)petitio(cid:374): if i do(cid:374)(cid:859)t do it, the (cid:374)e(cid:454)t (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess (cid:449)ill, a(cid:374)d the(cid:455)(cid:859)ll ha(cid:448)e o(cid:374)e up o(cid:374) us, culture of corruption. Contributing factors for white collar crime: perception of how large the gain could be, perception of potential risks. Salami technique: degree of (cid:272)o(cid:373)pati(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the use of opportu(cid:374)it(cid:455) a(cid:374)d the pote(cid:374)tial offe(cid:374)der(cid:859)s (cid:271)eliefs and ethics, evaluation of opportunity based on the relative alternative opportunities available. Often very difficult to detect and even unknown to the direct victims.