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

• NCJ Number: 39160
• Author(s): V AUBERT
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Atherton Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE TERMINOLOGY ONE ACCEPTS IN THE 'CRIME-NO CRIME' CONTROVERSY ABOUT WHITE COLLAR OFFENSES WILL DEPEND UPON HOW MUCH ONE WANTS TO GET RID OF THESE ACTIVITIES.

Abstract

IT IS POINTED OUT THAT USUALLY NO CLEAR-CUT OPPOSITION BETWEEN THE WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHO ARE THEMSELVES OFTEN VIOLATING THE SAME LAWS ON A MODEST SCALE. A REVIEW OF TWO NORWEGIAN STUDIES ON THE DEFINITION OF WHITE COLLAR CRIMES FOUND THAT THE PUBLIC'S AND THE VIOLATORS' PERCEPTIONS OF CRIMES IN GENERAL ARE FREQUENTLY NOT CONGRUENT WITH LEGAL DEFINITIONS, THE IMPLICATION BEING THAT IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES IN MOTIVATION AND OTHER CAUSAL MECHANISMS MAY BE FOUND WITHIN EVEN VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL CATEGORIES...ELW