VICTIMIZATION PATTERNS IN WHITE-COLLAR CRIME (FROM VICTIMOLOGY - A NEW FOCUS, V 5 EXPLOITERS AND EXPLOITED, 1975, BY I DRAPKIN AND E VIANO - SEE NJC-17231)

• NCJ Number: 40335
• Author(s): G GEIS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: D C Heath and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON WHITE COLLAR CRIMES INCIDENTAL TO AND IN FURTHERANCE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS, BUT NOT THE CENTRAL PURPOSES OF THE BUSINESS, AND TAKES MOST OF ITS EXAMPLES FROM THE GENERAL AREA OF CONSUMER FRAUD.

Abstract

IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS KINDS OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME IN WHICH THE STATUTES PREORDAIN THE NATURE OF THE VICTIMS, (COMMERCIAL ESPIONAGE AND DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING, FOR EXAMPLE). THE DISTRIBUTION AND PATTERNING OF VICTIMIZATION AMONG SUCH DEFINITIONALLY DELIMITED TARGETS IS A FUNCTION OF THE PERCEIVED NEED OF THE OFFENDER TO ENHANCE HIS POSITION AND A CONSEQUENCE OF THE FACT THAT THE WHITE COLLAR ENTREPRENEUR OR EXECUTIVE COMES TO BELIEVE THAT HE CAN AND SHOULD VIOLATE THE LAW. THE KEY ANALYTICAL CONCEPT RELATING TO WHITE COLLAR CRIME VICTIMIZATION APPEARS TO BE WHAT MIGHT BE LABELED 'VICTIM RESPONSIVENESS' - THE AWARENESS OF THE VICTIM THAT HE HAS BEEN CHEATED OR INJURED, HIS ANGER OVER THE FACT THAT THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE, THE ACTIONS HE TAKES TO SEE THAT HE IS MORE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN THE FUTURE, AND THE PROCEDURES HE EMPLOYS, IF ANY, TO SEE THAT OTHER KINDS OF WHITE COLLAR ACTS WHICH EXPLOIT PEOPLE ARE OUTLINED.