Association and Organization of Man In the 1950s, businesses expanded rapidly. By 1956, most Americans no longer held blue-collar or industrial jobs. But more people were working in higher paid, white collar drinks – clerical, managerial, or professional occupations. Unlike blue-collar workers who manufactured goods for sale, white collar workers performed work in the fields […]
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There are several causes for why people commit white collar crimes. Societal causes include material possessions, money, power, and privilege. Institutional causes actually provide the means and opportunity for a person to commit financial crimes. Organizational causes include both occupational and corporate crimes. What I am trying to say is that the real cause of […]
The concept of white collar crime was introduced by Edwin Sutherland, describing white collar crime as “crime committed by a person of respectability and high status in the course of his occupation (potter, 2002).” Sutherland shed light on this issue in 1939. Prior to which time, the focus regarding crime was on that of street […]