ACTION-ORIENTATION APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL CRIME

• NCJ Number: 4966
• Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1972) Pages: 35-48
• Author(s): J C MEYER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Southdown Press
• Publication Format: Article
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Annotation

PROPOSED TYPOLOGY FOR CLASSIFYING JOB-RELATED CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

OCCUPATIONAL CRIME IS A RESOURCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE OFFENDER IN CARRYING OUT HIS MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, DEFINED AS THE SOURCE OF ECONOMIC WHEREWITHAL. THE USE OF OCCUPATIONAL CRIME AS A RESOURCE IS DETERMINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACTION-ORIENTATION WHICH IS A STATEMENT OF THE OFFENDER'S GOALS, INTERESTS AND AVAILABLE MEANS AND TECHNIQUES. IT WAS OFFERED THAT THERE ARE THREE CLASSES OF OCCUPATIONAL OFFENDERS - STRUCTURAL (WITH SUB-CLASSES OF EXECUTOR, FUNCTIONARY AND MANAGERIAL), SITUATIONAL AND ANCILLARY WHICH OCCUR IN ECONOMIC, SOCIO-EONOMIC AND SOCIAL MATRICES RESPECTIVELY. WHILE NOT EXPLICITLY STATED IN THIS PAPER, IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE OFFENCES ARE NOT MUTALLY EXCLUSIVE AND AN INDIVIDUAL MAY FIND HIMSELF COMMITTING ANY NUMBER OF OFFENCES IN MANY COMBINATIONS BETWEEN CLASSES. AUTHOR ABSTRACT