EMPLOYEES AS OFFENDERS - A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL CRIME

• NCJ Number: 7266
• Author(s): G D ROBIN
• Date Published: 1965
• Length: 226 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE DIMENSIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL CRIME OF DEPARTMENT STORE COMPANY EMPLOYEES.

Abstract

THE CONCEPT OF CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF TRUST GUIDED THE SELECTION AND EXAMINATION OF 1681 EMPLOYEES APPREHENDED BY THREE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT STORES. IN CHOOSING THE DEPARTMENT STORE AS THE OCCUPATIONAL CONTEXT OF EMPLOYEE THEFT, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT A LARGE PROPORTION OF OFFENDERS WOULD BE WOMEN, THEREBY ENABLING A FOCUS ON FEMALE CRIMINALITY. CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYEE OFFENDERS AND DETAILS OF THE OFFENSE ARE PRESENTED. A LENGTHY DISCUSSION IS GIVEN TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEE THEFT AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME. POPULAR EXPLANATIONS OF TRUST VIOLATION ARE EXAMINED. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE MOST VIABLE THEORY OF THE CONDUCT OF DISHONEST STORE EMPLOYEES IS D. R. CRESSEY'S NON-SHAREABLE PROBLEM THESIS. A NON-SHAREABLE PROBLEM BECOMES A STIMULUS TO TRUST VIOLATION ONLY WHEN THE POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE TRUSTED INDIVIDUAL IS PERCEIVED BY HIM TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM. FUTURE RESEARCH CONSIDERATIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN THE CONCLUSION. REFERENCES AND TABLES ARE PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE DISSERTATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)