NCJ Number
34613
Date Published
1975
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY (NBC) NEWS DOCUMENTARY DEALS WITH WHAT 'WHITE COLLAR CRIME' IS, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME, AND ITS EFFECT ON PRICES PAID BY INDIVIDUAL CONSUMERS AND ON BUSINESS MORALITY.
Abstract
THIS FILM, REPORTED BY EDWIN NEUMAN, COVERS EMPLOYEE THEFT, SHOPLIFTING, BRIBES AND KICKBACKS, MEDICAL FRAUD, INSURANCE FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT, AND COMPUTER CRIME. REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYER PROTECTIVE SERVICES, SECURITY SPECIALISTS, BUSINESSMEN, AND CONVICTED OFFENDERS DISCUSS THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF EACH OF THESE CRIMES, HOW THEY ARE COMMITTED, WHY THEY ARE COMMITTED, HOW EASY THEY ARE TO 'GET AWAY WITH', AND THE LOW PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION RATES FOR WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS. ALSO EXAMINED ARE SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC, AND INSTITUTIONAL REACTIONS TO THE GROWTH OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME AND THE DE-EMPHASIS OF INTEGRITY AND ETHICS IN BUSINESS.