CC212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Organizational Culture, Psychological Trauma, Unbridled
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Criminologists who study white collar crime have generally agreed that it: White collar crime: occurs in a legitimate occupational context, is motivated by the objective of economic gain or occupational success, is not characterized by direct, intentional violence. Problem using the word crime: assumes that a law has been broken. Though, in some cases, no law has been broken. Edwin h sutherland: given credit for introducing the term white-collar crime in literature in 1939. Eluded to crime in the upper white-collar class, composed of respectable or at least respected business and professional men . Ea ross: created the term criminaloid, a businessman commits a legal act out of a desire to the max profit, while hiding behind a fa ade of respectability and piety . They were guilty of moral insensibility and rear and was responsible for the unnecessary deaths of consumers and workers.
