NCJ Number
26998
Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Dated: (MAY 1975) Pages: 183-199
Date Published
1975
Length
17 pages
Annotation
AN EXAMINATION OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME - ITS NATURE AND CAUSES, OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS, AND ATTEMPTS AT CONTROL - IN YUGOSLAVIA'S SOCIALIST SOCIETY.
Abstract
WHITE COLLAR CRIME IS DEFINED TO INCLUDE MANY PRACTICES WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN A NON-SOCIALIST STATE, SUCH AS PROPERTY SPECULATION AND THE APPROPRIATION OF RENT FROM LAND. TOO LITTLE RESEARCH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DONE IN THIS AREA, SO THAT THE USEFULNESS OF THE TERM 'WHITE COLLAR CRIME' IS SAID TO BE LIMITED TO STIGMATISATION, RATHER THAN AS A BASIS FOR ETIOLOGICAL THEORY. THE GENERAL RELEVANCE OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS TO SUCH CRIME IS DISCUSSED, ALTHOUGH NO STRUCTURED CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP IS SUGGESTED. A TENTATIVE OFFENDER PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE IS PRESENTED. BECAUSE SUCH CRIME OCCURS WITHIN A CERTAIN PROFESSION AND SOCIAL STRATA, IT IS SAID TO BE IMPORTANT THAT IT NOT COME TO BE VIEWED AS ACCEPTED BEHAVIOR WITHIN THAT STRATA, FOR THIS WOULD ENDANGER SOCIAL NORMS. FORMAL CONTROL IS SAID TO BE DIFFICULT, DUE TO PROBLEMS OF DETECTION, BUT CONTROL IS SAID TO BE IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY TO REINFORCE ACCEPTED VALUES, BUT TO DEMONSTRATE JUSTICE AND EQUALITY OF PEOPLE BEFORE THE LAW.