01:920:222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: White-Collar Crime, Insider Trading, Embezzlement
8 Feb 2018
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Lecture #3 1/26
(cont.)
3. Police alter crime rates for their own benefit
- report more crimes to justify more funding
- report fewer crimes to make themselves look more effective; attract business, tourists
by:
1. unfounding crime
2. downgrading Part I crimes to minor crimes
4. Different definitions of crime in diff cities – making comparing the cities extremely difficult
uniform crime rates may not always be uniform
5. Problems w/ measuring crimes involving proactive police work vs. reactive police work
reactive: responding to crime after it occurs
proactive policing: if you know that crime is going to be committed, you want to be there first
before the crime happens
go & look for crime before crime occurs
6. UCR undercounts or omits costly or dangerous crimes committed by powerful & affluent
(white collar & political crimes)
Why do Americans fear street crime *Part I, Part II crimes)?
When one is the victim of a street crime:
- Violent victimization can result in injury or death
- Property crime victimization can result in loss of property or money
Hence Americans fear street criminals
UCR says that street criminals are mostly low income & minorities
Crimes which result in the greatest injury, death, and loss of property are more likely to be
committed by the affluent and the powerful – these crimes are while collar & corporate crimes
Estimated annual # of deaths from street crime vs. white collar crime
2011 UCR (Part I Crimes)
murder & non-negligent manslaughter: 17,034
white collar/corporate crime
annual deaths caused by white/collar/corporate crime: 112,300
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Document Summary
Lecture #3 1/26 (cont. : police alter crime rates for their own benefit. Report more crimes to justify more funding. When one is the victim of a street crime: Violent victimization can result in injury or death. Property crime victimization can result in loss of property or money. Ucr says that street criminals are mostly low income & minorities. Crimes which result in the greatest injury, death, and loss of property are more likely to be committed by the affluent and the powerful these crimes are while collar & corporate crimes. Estimated annual # of deaths from street crime vs. white collar crime. 2011 ucr (part i crimes) murder & non-negligent manslaughter: 17,034 white collar/corporate crime annual deaths caused by white/collar/corporate crime: 112,300. Estimated annual economic loss from street crime vs. white collar crime. Annual estimated loss from burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft & robbery. billion white collar crimes annual estimated loss from white collar crimes.
