SOCIOL 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: White-Collar Crime, National Crime Victimization Survey, Motor Vehicle Theft
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This de nition reminds us that some harmful behaviors, such as white- collar crime, may not be considered deviant and fail to result in severe legal punishment, perhaps because wealthy individuals perform them. Public concern about crime: the public believes the crime rate has been rising but it has actually been declining since the early 1990s, homicide does not rank among the top ten causes of death. Ex: the police do not record every report they hear from a citizen as a crime. 8. 2 types of crime: criminologists commonly group crimes into several major categories: 1). violent crime, 2). property crime, 3). white-collar crime, 4). organized crime, 5). consensual or victimless crime. They often plan their crimes well in advance: cat burglar - someone who scales tall buildings to steal jewels, expensive artwork, or large sums of money. Prototypical example of the professional property criminals: many professional thieves learn how to do their crimes from other professional thieves.
