Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Beaufort Scale, Money Laundering, Interpersonal Ties
26 Apr 2017
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Edwin h. sutherland: given credit for introducing the term white collar crime in literature in 1939, when he became the president of sociology, ideas stemmed from e. a. Ross: criminaloid was used by him -> was somebody that was business people that cheat in someway for their own gain. Defining white collar crime: criminologists who study wcc generally agree, it occurs in a legitimate occupational context, it is motivated by economic gain or occupational success, it is not characterized by direct, intentional violence. You don"t feel the rami cations of the crime until much later. Occupational crime: governmental crime (war crimes, anything that violates rights - exercising powers not ought to have, state-corporate crime/globalization (state corporations getting together for mutual bene ts, illegal or cause harm to general population socially injurious, ponze scheme (triangle)* Enterprise crime: business the same way as normal business but goods are illegal, similar ways to corporations - twist the rules for criminal purposes.
