Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Valujet Airlines, Mens Rea, Differential Association

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2266A/B
• Professor: Matthew Yeager

Document Summary

"white collar crime"- edwin sutherland 1939: did a lecture for the american sociological association. "political" or state crime dates as early as 1989 by louis proal. White collar crime splits: corporate crime, occupational offences. State crime: committed on behalf of the state, not individuals. Political white-collar crime: personal benefit of government officials. Distinctive feature of this criminality: length of conspiracy= plus one (1) year. Traditional crime (burglary, murder, robbery) = -10 billion/annum. Rough estimate: ratio of 20-40 times costs white collar crime over street crime. Collapse of enron alone (oil cooperation) = billion. Does not address indirect costs: damage to economy/jobs, loss of livelihood, homes, regulatory investigations, pensions lost. What is missing from indirect costs: danger & violence. Deaths from companies violating safety standards (1000 on the job deaths: union carbide (bhopal) resulted in 2000 deaths and 150 000 injured in 1984 gas leak. Illegal wars- iraq (over 100 000 civilians dead)