White collar crimes

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Sociology Lecture

February 8, 2011

•Hershew said people who commit white collar crimes have low self-

control

•White collar offenders are good at avoiding prosecution and even if

their tried, they are likely to get lenient sentences because they can

afford

•Compliance and deterrence

ocompliance strategies try to create a market incentive to do the

right thing- sanctions and fines for doing the wrong thing; it

follows the action

ogeneral deterrence: signs such as ‘no trespassing’ or uping the

penalties for drug; trying to prevent you to do something

ospecific deterrence: punishments that happen to you to make

sure you don’t do it again; cost effective calculations- the reason

you put money in the parking meter

•in terms of white collar crimes, specific deterrence may work

•white collar offences only account for about 6% of all arrests- stats;

whether they are more difficult to detect, police departments or

prosecutors may put less resources into those crimes, less of a priority.

88% arrested for white collar crimes were prosecuted and 74% were

convicted in criminal court. Only 18% receive a prison term of more

than a year

•in white collar crimes, stings and swindles is getting jipped; getting

money through a scam

Social control agents as deviants

•Gary Marx- eminates from labeling theory- he notes social control

creates the problem its designed to eliminate

oLabeling theory – if you label someone something, they will

eventually become that

oExamines three situations where social control can be

contributing to rule breaking: escalation, non-enforcement and

covert facilitation

Escalation: the enforcement of the law is escalating more

illegal behavior. Ex. A car chase

Non-enforcement: breaking the rules either because you

don’t think you wont be sanctioned or you know you wont

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