SOC208H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Commercial Bribery, Embezzlement
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White-collar crime amount of lawbreaking by persons in positions of power. A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. Used to refer principally to business managers and executives. For sutherland, both the status of the actor and the occupational location of the act determine whether an illegality is a white-collar crime. Because of gender stratification in the labor force, women do not commit as many or as serious white-collar crimes as men. 4 basic types of white-collar crime their duty of loyalty: personal crimes. For personal gain in a nonbusiness context: business crimes. Crimes incidental to and in furtherance of business operations: abuses of trust. Crimes by those operating within businesses, government, in violation of. Example tax violations and credit card frauds. Example antitrust violations and food and drug violations. Example advance fee swindles and home improvement schemes.
