WHITE-COLLAR CRIME - AN OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS (FROM WHITE COLLAR CRIME - OFFENSES IN BUSINESS, POLITICS, AND THE PROFESSIONS REV. ED., 1977, BY GILBERT GEIS AND ROBERT F. MEIER - SEE NCJ-40489)

• NCJ Number: 41691
• Author(s): D J NEWMAN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: Free Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES A DEFINITION OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, DISCUSSES THE LEGAL BASIS OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME, REVIEWS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME TO CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY, AND EXAMINES POSSIBLE METHODS OF CONTROL.

Abstract

THE CHIEF CRITERION FOR A CRIME TO BE 'WHITE-COLLAR', ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, IS THAT IT OCCURS AS A PART OF, OR A DEVIATION FROM, THE VIOLATOR'S OCCUPATIONAL ROLE. IT IS NOTED THAT THE VAST BULK OF WHITE-COLLAR LEGISLATION IS REGULATORY RATHER THAN PENAL IN PHILOSOPHY, IS ADMINISTRATIVE IN PROCEDURE, AND BY ITS QUALIFICATIONS IS DIRECTED CHIEFLY TOWARD THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CLASSES OF OUR SOCIETY. THE MANY THEORIES OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME CAUSATION ARE EXAMINED, FROM SUTHERLAND'S DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY TO THEORIES OF SOCIAL CLASS VARIATION OF COMMON CRIMINAL MOTIVES. VIEWS ON THE POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO CURB THESE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES ARE ALSO DISCUSSED....DMC