WHO IS THE CRIMINAL - (FROM WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL - THE OFFENDER IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS, 1968 BY G GEIS - SEE NCJ-39155)

• NCJ Number: 39165
• Author(s): P W TAPPAN
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Atherton Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER CONSIDERS A FEW OF THE SCHISMS OF THOUGHT RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF 'CRIME' AND 'CRIMINAL', WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO 'WHITE COLLAR CRIME'.

Abstract

HE MAINTAINS THAT THE 'WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL', THE VIOLATOR OF CONDUCT NORMS, AND THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY ARE NOT CRIMINAL IN ANY SENSE MEANINGFUL TO THE SOCIAL SCIENTIST UNLESS HE HAS VIOLATED A CRIMINAL STATUTE, AND THAT HE CANNOT BE KNOWN AS SUCH UNLESS HE HAS BEEN PROPERLY CONVICTED....ELW