ATS1281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dodgy, Critical Criminology, Edwin Sutherland
8 May 2018
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UNDERSTANDING CRIME: LECTURE 10
Crimes of the Powerful: Part 1
Key Question:
• If the harms generated by the illegal or immoral actions of powerful individuals,
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offences, why are the punishments issued to those who commit the latter often far
more excessive?
Overview
• White collar and corporate crime
• State-corporate crime
• State crime
• Critical criminology
White Collar Crime
Defiig White Colla Cie
• Edwin Sutherland (1949: 7)
• A ie oitted a peso of espetailit ad high soial status i the
ouse of his oupatio
• Edwin Sutherland (1940: 3)
• What Al Capoe alled the legitiate akets
• Legitimate organisation – not saying that every aspect is legal, but the
major function of the organisation is legitimate
• Out of the ordinary crime for the organisation
• Occupational misconduct
Examples of White-Collar Offences
• Fraud
• Most common
• Bribery
• Often associated with corruption
• White-collar: offering a bribe
• Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan offers FBI agent bribe to stop investigating the
business
• Accepting a bribe is also offending behaviour, however is more known as
political crimes
• Embezzlement
• Racketeering
• Insider Trading
• Identity Theft
• Copyright Infringement
• Cybercrime
• Most of what is described as white-collar crime has a cyber component
How does White-Collar Crime differ from other forms of Criminal Activity?
• Generally takes place in private
• Low-visibility
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Document Summary
Overview: white collar and corporate crime, state-corporate crime, state crime, critical criminology. Identity theft: most of what is described as white-collar crime has a cyber component. It tends to involve an abuse of trust inherent in the occupational role. Jo(cid:396)da(cid:374) belfo(cid:396)t did(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e a deg(cid:396)ee i(cid:374) finance or accounting, he had a degree in biology, and most of what he learned was on the job, he was self-taught. Jordan declared bankruptcy at 25 and lost his job. In most cases that involve a financial component, which is most white-collar crime, there is a financial crisis that spurs it on: lack of control and self-regulation in their lives jo(cid:396)da(cid:374)(cid:859)s d(cid:396)ug addi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Volkswagen emission scandal: 2nd largest automaker in the world, executives within the organisation wanted to produce vehicles very attractive to consumers but also had to meet performance standards (emissions) In trying to maximise profits for shareholders, company screwed shareholders over: https://www. fbi. gov/news/stories/volkswagen-to-pay-total-of-43-billion-to- resolve-criminal-and-civil-actions.
