SOC208H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: National Crime Victimization Survey, Modus Operandi, Uniform Crime Reports
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White-collar criminals are in every industry and profession. Any transaction with a professional = white-collar victimization. Middle ages - england: common law - regrating, engrossing, forestalling. Regrating - buying up the entire stock of some commodity say corn or wheat, in order to resell it at monopoly prices (today, called antitrust offences) w. Engrossing - perversion of legitimate business activities to serve illegitimate ends and to exploit others. Edward ross - criminaloid: exploit and manipulate to maximize their profits w. Moral insensibility, not crazy (7) white-collar crime - offender bases approach. Edwin sutherland coined the term - as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. Status of actor and occupational location - determine what"s white-collar crime. Duplicity in the manipulation of power - double-cross. Women and people of colour don"t commit as much bc of gender segregation and underrepresentation in leadership positions.
