RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPT OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME (FROM WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL - THE OFFENDER IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS, 1968 BY G GEIS - SEE NCJ-39155)

• NCJ Number: 39166
• Author(s): R G CALDWELL
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Atherton Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE RE-EXAMINES THE CONCEPT OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME, CONSIDERS ITS LEGAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, AND ANALYZES THE CONTROVERSY ARISING FROM ITS USAGE.

Abstract

TWO MAJOR ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE CONCEPT OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME ARE DISCUSSED. THE MORAL ISSUE HAS ARISEN FROM THE CONTENTION THAT OUR CRIMINAL LAWS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION ARE BIASED AND UNFAIR, TENDING TO FAVOR THE RICH AND INFLUENTIAL, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE STIGMA OF CRIME IS ELIMINATED OR MINIMIZED WITH WHITE COLLAR OFFENSES. THE SCIENTIFIC ISSUE SPRINGS FROM THE CONTENTION THAT THOSE WHO COMMIT WHITE COLLAR CRIMES ARE RELATIVELY IMMUNE BECAUSE OF THE CLASS BIAS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT THIS IN TURN HAS LED TO A DISTORTION OF THE CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CAUSATION, BASED EXTENSIVELY ON THE OFFICIAL RECORDS....ELW