White-Collar and Corporate Crime
This area studies crimes committed by persons of respectability and organizations in the course of their occupations — white-collar and corporate crime.
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Scope
It covers occupational and corporate crime, fraud and corruption, regulatory offences, and the challenges of controlling elite and organizational wrongdoing.
Core questions
- What is white-collar crime and why is it distinctive?
- How do organizations commit crime?
- Why is elite crime under-punished?
- How can corporate wrongdoing be controlled?
Key concepts
- White-collar crime
- Corporate crime
- Occupational crime
- Fraud
- Regulatory offences
- Differential association
Key theories
- White-collar crime
- Sutherland defined and legitimized the study of crime by respectable people in their occupations.
History
Sutherland's concept of white-collar crime (1940, 1949) opened the study of elite and corporate wrongdoing, developed through work on corporate, financial, and state-corporate crime.
Debates
- Is white-collar crime 'real' crime?
- Debate over treating regulatory and occupational offences as crime and punishing them accordingly.
Key figures
- Edwin Sutherland
Related topics
Seminal works
- sutherland-1940
- sutherland-1949
Frequently asked questions
- What is white-collar crime?
- Crime committed by persons of high social status and respectability in the course of their occupations (Sutherland).