Sociology 3357F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Corporate Crime, Medicare Fraud, List Of Corporate Collapses And Scandals

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Chapter 1 the discovery of white-collar crime. A businessman who commits exploitative, sometimes illegal, acts in order to maximize profit, while hiding behind a fa ade of respectability and piety. Crime in the upper or white-collar class, composed of respectable. Consists of a violation of delegated or implied trust or at least business and professional men. Is motivated by the objective of economic gain or occupational success. Polemical defining wcc with the purpose of challenging a popular tendency to associated criminality with inner-city residents, minorities, and conventional illegal activities order to better respond to and explain them analysis. Typological organizing patterns of crime into categories, in. Operational prepare a point of departure for research and. Trust and wcc act honourably and fulfill legitimate expectations. Refers to the confidence in a relationship that the other party will. Breach of trust is the central attribute of wcc.