SOC 2106 Study Guide - Final Guide: Insurance Fraud, Quackery, Corporate Crime
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Moore & sutherland: moore studied corporate crime. White colour criminals hidden from criminologists, cause large financial, social and emotional costs, damage social institutions & social relations. Middle-class deviance: tax evasion, credit card fraud . Professional (elite) deviance: medical fraud, investment fraud . Little effort made to catch white-collar deviants and if they are caught they rarely go to jail. Judges lenient: most offenders never had previous run-ins with the law, it is difficult to prove criminal intent and it is difficult to prove guilt. Corporations do not care, they are amoral and suit the psychopath criteria. Internet crimes: pornography, stalking, hate crimes (video games), get rich quick scams. Computer games: theft of services (wiki, netflix), use of data, fraud to obtain assets, theft, viruses. Counterfeiting: consumers largely encourage the market of counterfeiting, current approach is a consumer-responsibility approach assumption that if consumers are educated" about the.
