CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: White-Collar Crime, Bankruptcy, Corporate Crime
20 Jan 2015
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White collar criminals: are mainly hidden from criminologists, cause high financial cost, damage social institutions and social relations. White collar crime is committed by individuals who use the marketplace for their criminal activity. Middle-class deviance: tax evasion, credit card fraud, bankruptcy fraud. Professional (elite deviance: medical fraud, investment fraud. 1997, 57% of companies claimed being cheated by their own employees. U. s: over 20 million serious injuries, over 30,000 deaths/year. Government, criminal justice system, business: 5. Insurance fraud, credit card fraud, medical insurance fraud: 7. Internet crimes: pornography, stalking, hate crimes, get rich quick scams. Computer crimes: theft of services, use of data, fraud to obtain assets, theft (of software, downloading music, viruses over 56,000 in 2000. Corporate culture: encourages excessively high goals while tolerant of employee deviance. Braithwaite (1987: corporate climate conducive to crime is the result of poor relations with government. Shame of discovery: provides definitions unfavourable to law-breaking, internal (whistle-blowing) or external (inspections)
