SOC208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mortgage Fraud, Insurance Fraud, Embezzlement
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Soc 208 crime and organizations: lecture 1 book available in the lib benson, michael l. and sally s. simpson. What is the role of women within organized crime. Can use a case study like a newspaper or blog, Most imp point is how does it relate to your topic the case study. White collar crime offences by people in their job. companies, corps. White collar done typically by single person as opposed to the entire company. Sutherland, 1939, defined it as financially motivated, non-violent crime by business or government professionals. Two cases: enron deceived shareholders, made people thi(cid:374)k they were ri(cid:272)h whe(cid:374) they were(cid:374)"t. Benefits individual ex; insider trading, embezzling, large scale insurance fraud insurance, mortgage fraud. Corporate crime often about offences that involve entire firms or industries. Tends to be company as a whole benefits investors or those of high positions, or company itself. Similar to white cause it was i(cid:374) (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess world.
