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Is “greed” the explanation for both professional and corporate crime? If not, what else do we have to consider? Can we apply traditional criminological theories to our understanding of white-collar crime?
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Criminology Crime In Context Is 'Greed' the explanation for both professional and corporate crime? If not, what else do we have to consider? Can we apply traditional criminological theories to our understanding of white-collar crime? 1st March 2006 Samantha Harsant Is "greed" the explanation for both professional and corporate crime? If not, what else do we have to consider? Can we apply traditional criminological theories to our understanding of white-collar crime? In 1939 Edwin Sutherland first brought white-collar crime to the forefront of the criminological study. He first coined the term white-collar crime for crimes specifically performed by those in high positions in both society and in business. These were those classed as white-collar employees and included crimes such as fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime and forgery. Sutherland's definition of crime states that the white-collar crime is committed by a person of high status and is committed in their place of work. Sutherland conducted...
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