White collar crimes differ from traditional crimes. Society mainly base their point of views of the two from the perspective of media. Not only does media view the two as different the criminal justice also respond to white collars cases differently. There may be several theories behind the activities of white collars crimes. Williams‚ (2008) states‚ “The activities of interest to white-collar and corporate criminologists traverse the fields of law‚ economics‚ politics‚ and accounting‚ thus requiring
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for both white-collar and street criminals. There are several differences that makes the process display what appears to be preferential treatment towards those that understand and commit crimes that are not to be considered street crimes. It is that treatment that makes many in the general public believe the criminal justice system works only for a certain group of people. DISCUSSION: There are many differences in the ways that white-collar crimes and street crimes are processed. With white-collar
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White-Collar Crime‚ or financial crime‚ is a widespread problem in America that usually does not get the type of attention it deserves. It is perceived as boring and people do not usually care to learn about it. Everyone knows about Blue-Collar crime (Street Crime) and murder‚ rape‚ and theft are usually met with feelings of anger and disgust. But unfortunately‚ White-Collar crime does not stir up the same feelings one would expect to receive from a murder. Fraudulent loans and embezzlement are just
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White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime One problem that plagues our society is crime. Crime is all around us in our everyday lives. Daily we hear of murders‚ robberies‚ and rapes. These are categorized as "street crimes." For many people‚ such crimes are the only "tragic" crimes‚ the ones that are senseless and preventable. In Finsterbusch’s book‚ Taking Sides‚ another variety of crime is exposed. This other form of crime is "white collar" crime. Both have victims‚ and the effects of both
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severe penalties than white-collar criminals. The distinction between white-collar and street criminals is key because it is uncertain that whether punishment is established at the level of the specific offense or is established generally for all crime types. Before analyzing whether street and white-collar are similar or different‚ a brief overview of the perceptual literature regarding white-collar crimes are first introduced. Examining public perceptions of white collar crimes‚ examiners were more
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Issues in Criminal Justice White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime: Which Is Worse? A general definition of crime is the wrong doing against public law. Society is plagued by crime whether it’s an assault or embezzlement both are wrong yet the image that comes to mind when defining the concept of a crime is usually a personal assault on someone. Rarely do we think of a CEO of a Fortune 500 company stealing from the business. Society is more exposed to street crime. Not a day goes by that we don’t
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White Collar VS Street September 7‚ 2008 at 5:24 pm · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged white collar crime As this week is my turn to do the blog presentation in class‚ I have decided to do my blog entry on my presentation topic! Obviously crime‚ but to be more specific‚ white collar crime. The term “white collar crime” was coined by Edwin Sutherland‚ and was his means of explaining crimes that were committed not because of factors like poverty and unemployment‚ but instead committed because
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Corporate Crime There are two major types of crimes out in the world‚ one of them is street crime and the other being white collar crime. Can one be worse than the other possibly but at the end of the day these two crimes are both bad. We as a society have police men making sure we follow the laws and protecting us from harm‚ but who’s watching over the white collar criminals do we have a deterrence just making sure that they don’t break the laws like our police watching us. Now there are many
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Hate crimes and white collar crimes are two kind of crimes that are unique and require special attention. Though hate crime laws may have been just put into place a few decades ago‚ hate crimes are not a new type of crime it has been part of our society for a very long time now. Hate crimes are not just limited to crimes against people but it also extends to sacred objects. Hate crimes are sometimes hard to prove in the court of law because it has to show motivation mindset to do someone or something
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White-collar crime is commonly referred as the “upper class crime”‚ traditional crime is generally more collocated with the lower class. Approaching this research‚ I had the same theory. Undisputable‚ all the popular classes of non-violent illegitimate activities which primarily involve “traditional notions of deceit‚ deception‚ concealment‚ manipulation‚ breach of trust‚ subterfuge or illegal circumvention"‚ are mostly committed by parties with substantial influence to financial institutions. However
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