White Collar Crime In The Australian Criminal Justice System
The Australian criminal justice system responds differently to different types of crimes. One type of crime being white collar crime or corporate crime.
First of all to define white collar/corporate crime
In the study guide “introduction to criminal justice” white collar/corporate crime is described as: * Crime committed by organisations using corporate structures * Other forms of non-violent crime * Some Characteristics include: * Secrecy- complex cover-ups * Lack of public fear- people fear violent crime. However white collar/corporate crime is not feared in the same way * Internal controls- in most cases white collar/corporate law is dealt with internally. The corporation detects the criminal and does …show more content…
Laws are set and enforced by numerous authorities such as the state police, The Australian Federal Police and other authority figures. But there is also a problem involving white collar crime in relation to these authority figures. Corruption can seem easy especially for police officers in plain uniforms (detectives etc) in the 1980’s white collar crime in the form of police corruption became an issue. It was decided that a royal commission was needed to sort out the problem, it was started in 1995.
A royal commission is the criminal justice systems best response to a …show more content…
It is headed by a “royal commissioner” who has considerable powers. Once a royal commission has been started the government cannot stop it, this demon straights the power of the royal commission. Royal commissions are called upon relatively rarely as they are expensive and time consuming. They are used in matters of great public importance.
The royal commission into the N.S.W police was headed by James Roland Wood, this royal commission took two years to complete and looked into all aspects of the N.S.W police but the main focus and the reason for the commission was police corruption. Police officers were taking bribes to turn a blind eye and it even got to the extent of police officers taking money and setting up situations that criminals wanted. The wood royal commission team was made up of impartial member of the Australian Federal Police and some members were taken from the United Kingdom. No members of the N.S.W police or any former members of the N.S.W police. This was to ensure that there were no biased decisions and the investigation had the best possible results.
If a situation is too far out of control the system can always rely on a royal commission as it is reliable and will solve a problem without a biased
First of all to define white collar/corporate crime
In the study guide “introduction to criminal justice” white collar/corporate crime is described as: * Crime committed by organisations using corporate structures * Other forms of non-violent crime * Some Characteristics include: * Secrecy- complex cover-ups * Lack of public fear- people fear violent crime. However white collar/corporate crime is not feared in the same way * Internal controls- in most cases white collar/corporate law is dealt with internally. The corporation detects the criminal and does …show more content…
Laws are set and enforced by numerous authorities such as the state police, The Australian Federal Police and other authority figures. But there is also a problem involving white collar crime in relation to these authority figures. Corruption can seem easy especially for police officers in plain uniforms (detectives etc) in the 1980’s white collar crime in the form of police corruption became an issue. It was decided that a royal commission was needed to sort out the problem, it was started in 1995.
A royal commission is the criminal justice systems best response to a …show more content…
It is headed by a “royal commissioner” who has considerable powers. Once a royal commission has been started the government cannot stop it, this demon straights the power of the royal commission. Royal commissions are called upon relatively rarely as they are expensive and time consuming. They are used in matters of great public importance.
The royal commission into the N.S.W police was headed by James Roland Wood, this royal commission took two years to complete and looked into all aspects of the N.S.W police but the main focus and the reason for the commission was police corruption. Police officers were taking bribes to turn a blind eye and it even got to the extent of police officers taking money and setting up situations that criminals wanted. The wood royal commission team was made up of impartial member of the Australian Federal Police and some members were taken from the United Kingdom. No members of the N.S.W police or any former members of the N.S.W police. This was to ensure that there were no biased decisions and the investigation had the best possible results.
If a situation is too far out of control the system can always rely on a royal commission as it is reliable and will solve a problem without a biased