White Collar Crime
The definition of white collar crime is still truly undefined by most experts. There are many variations as well as specific traits. For example, the type of offender or the type of offense. Some however believe white collar crime is mainly related to economic and corporate crime only. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opted to approach white collar crime in terms of the offense verses the offender. The FBI’s definition is: illegal acts which are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence. Individuals and organizations commit these acts to obtain money, property, or services; to avoid the payment loss of money or services; or to
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Some of these challenges are codes of silence, employers asking for resignations to avoid scandal and attention and enquiries of occupational wrongdoing are not well received by coworkers. A major challenge is discerning whether a victim is truly a victims or simple used bad judgment that caused their own loss. A street crime involves proving actual concreate events like a shooting, a robbery or the drug deal. A white collar crime most often does not provide obvious events. Furthermore, white collar crime statutes are notoriously broad. These characteristics cause challenges to defining white collar crime. While white collar crime focuses on elite crimes for example, employee theft and lower level occupational crime. When observers ignore the status of the offender, economic crime can include minor fraud, embezzlement, and the like, even when it is not committed by individuals of high …show more content…
For example when rich and powerful people are accused of wrongdoing, they have the means to hire lawyers, accountants, and other people who can help them avoid being labeled as deviant. White collar crime is committed by people of high social positions and mostly relates to their job. As we know, white collar crimes typically don't involve violence, generally money is the root it also include embezzlement, business fraud, bribery, and similar crimes. Many of these crimes go unknown to the public. While blue collar crimes are committed by the lower so economical or average person. Blue-collar crimes range from violent crime to thievery and are sometimes committed as a way of life or desperation. They are usually more visual and attract public
Some of these challenges are codes of silence, employers asking for resignations to avoid scandal and attention and enquiries of occupational wrongdoing are not well received by coworkers. A major challenge is discerning whether a victim is truly a victims or simple used bad judgment that caused their own loss. A street crime involves proving actual concreate events like a shooting, a robbery or the drug deal. A white collar crime most often does not provide obvious events. Furthermore, white collar crime statutes are notoriously broad. These characteristics cause challenges to defining white collar crime. While white collar crime focuses on elite crimes for example, employee theft and lower level occupational crime. When observers ignore the status of the offender, economic crime can include minor fraud, embezzlement, and the like, even when it is not committed by individuals of high …show more content…
For example when rich and powerful people are accused of wrongdoing, they have the means to hire lawyers, accountants, and other people who can help them avoid being labeled as deviant. White collar crime is committed by people of high social positions and mostly relates to their job. As we know, white collar crimes typically don't involve violence, generally money is the root it also include embezzlement, business fraud, bribery, and similar crimes. Many of these crimes go unknown to the public. While blue collar crimes are committed by the lower so economical or average person. Blue-collar crimes range from violent crime to thievery and are sometimes committed as a way of life or desperation. They are usually more visual and attract public