ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nanny, Edwin Sutherland, Price Fixing

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: sinsel

Document Summary

Elite deviance" emphasises the difference between suite crime" committed by the powerful, upper class as opposed to street crime". Elite deviance" also takes into account the fact that many forms of white collar crime are not breaches of criminal law: other criminologists use terms such as corporate crime, business crime, financial crime, technological crime, occupational crime. Regulatory laws include laws such as corporations law, environmental protection law & workplace health & safety law. Types of white collar crime: difficulties with the definition of white collar crime result in it often being understood by the types of activities it encompasses: Occupational crime, corporate crime, state crime, environmental crime, workplace safety crime, computer and technological crime, financial crime and consumer scams: the above list is not exhaustive and there is often overlap. Growing trend for a break down in the distinction between criminal law and regulatory law.