WHITE-COLLAR OFFENSES IN THE WHOLESALE MEAT INDUSTRY IN DETROIT (FROM WHITE-COLLAR CRIME - OFFENSES IN BUSINESS, POLITICS, AND THE PROFESSIONS REV. ED., 1977, BY GILBERT GEIS AND ROBERT F. MEIER - SEE NCJ-40489)

• NCJ Number: 41695
• Author(s): F E HARTUNG
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Free Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE IS A TENTATIVE AND PARTIAL STATEMENT OF SOME OF THE THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS PRESENTED BY A STUDY OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES

Abstract

THE ARTICLE DEALS WITH VIOLATIONS OF OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS IN THE DETROIT WHOLESALE MEAT INDUSTRY AND IS PART OF A LARGER STUDY OF LAW AND SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION. THE POINTS BRIEFLY CONSIDERED ARE: THE OBJECTIVE BASIS ON WHICH WHITE-COLLAR OFFENSES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED CRIMINAL; WHETHER AN ACT COMMITTED WITHOUT DELIBERATE INTENTION IS TO BE REGARDED AS THOSE WHO FAILED TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, BUT THIS WAS CURRENT CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES, AND; A CHARACTERISTIC OF THESE OFFENSES WHICH DISTINGUISHES THEM FROM USUAL CRIMES AND WHICH HAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...TWH