Sociology 3357F/G Lecture : Sociology 3357F/G Lecture Notes.docx
23 Apr 2014
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Your more likely to be affected by white collar crime then common crime. Your don"t have one on one harm where your being attacked by another person no immediate affect. Public generally has no clue what we are talking about when we use the term white collar crime. People get the majority of their information about crime from the media and the media portrays crime inaccurately, it is problematic because it focuses on violent crime. Motivation for media to portray crime this way is to instill fear in an attempt to control our actions, people are willing to forgo rights to be safe. Personal monetary gain or occupation advancement at someone else"s expense. People committing crimes are highly trusted by society. Situations are not the focus of law or the criminal justice system, resources and attention not focused on these. Given credit for the introduction of white collar crime in literature.
