CRM 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Blue-Collar Worker, Corporate Crime, Embezzlement
12 Apr 2020
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The term white-collar crime was introduced by sutherland in 1940. There is disagreement about the precise meaning of the term, the concept of white-collar crime has forced a reconsideration of some very basic criminological assumptions. The extent and nature of corporate and white collar crime. Corporate and white-collar crime is a major problem. Most stories about it remain on the business pages, but many have become front page news. The public is finally becoming aware of the harm being done by corporate and white-collar criminals. Class crime, and the corporations: occupation, organization, and crime. Sutherland defined white-collar crime as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. Refers to violations of the law in the course of practising a legiti-mate occupation. White-collar crime committed with the support and encourage-ment of a formal organization and intended, at least in part, to advance the goals of that organization.
