Sociology 3357F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Price Fixing, Unnecessary Health Care, Fifth Doctor

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 3357F/G
• Professor: Georgios Fthenos

Document Summary

Note: medicare, health care for individuals who are senior or elderly (65+, medicaid, access to health care for low income families, obamacare, medicaid available to larger spectrum of individuals. Introduction to occupational crime: for a larger part of their lives, adults are expected to have legitimate occupations, legitimate occupations provide opportunities to engage in fraud. Fraud: wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain, the concept of occupational crime was first clearly defined by clinnard and. A violation of legal codes in the course of activity in a legitimate occupation: most often results in financial gain (rather than status gain, considerable confusion regarding the following terms: Occupational crime: a crime that is financially oriented. Its committed by individuals within the context of a legitimate occupation: made possible as a result of the occupation the individual occupies.