WHITE COLLAR CRIME - THE HEAVY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ANTITRUST CASES OF 1961 (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A BERSANI - SEE NCJ-06248)

• NCJ Number: 10197
• Author(s): G GEIS
• Date Published: 1961
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR SYSTEMS, A TYPOLOGY, BY CLINARD & QUINNEY, HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON, 1967

Annotation

RE-EVALUATION OF EARLY SPECULATIONS ABOUT WHITE COLLAR CRIME, THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF THE ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS IN THE HEAVY ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY.

Abstract

THE FACTS OF THE ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS AND THE TECHNIQUES OF THE CONSPIRACY ARE PRESENTED, AND IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE PRACTICES INVOLVED WERE WIDESPREAD. SEVERAL POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY ARE OFFERED. THE DEFENDANTS THEMSELVES TENDED TO PLACE THE BLAME IN THE STRUCTURE OF CORPORATE PRESSURES RATHER THAN IN THEIR OWN CHARACTERS. MANY OF THEM DID NOT VIEW THEIR BEHAVIOR AS 'CRIMINAL' AT ALL, BUT RATHER SAW IT AS ECONOMICALLY NECESSARY OR EVEN BENEFICIAL. EARILIER THEORIES ABOUT WHITE COLLAR CRIME WERE SUBSTANTIATED, E.G. THAT LEARNING AND ASSOCIATIONAL PATTERNS ARE IMPORTANT CAUSAL FACTORS, THAT NATIONAL TRADE CONVENTIONS ARE OFTEN SITIES OF CORPORATE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACIES, AND SECURE MARKET ARRANGEMENT IS A MAJOR INCENTIVE TO DRAW CORPORATE EXECUTIVES INTO AN ANTITRUST CONSPIRACY. FOR AN EARLY DISCUSSION OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME SEE NCJ-010186.