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    people don’t always work in a suitable working area. The term “Blue Collar” is jobs that require manual labor from people. The problem with these kinds of jobs is that the places the people work in can be extremely unsanitary and may cause a bad working environment for the people in it. Blue collar work is also the work most people do not want to do but it is needed for the people who do white collar jobs to prosper. Also blue collar workers are known as people who did not do well in school or people

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    BLUE-COLLAR WORKER AND A WHITE-COLLAR WORKER The terms "blue collar" and "white collar" are occupational classifications that distinguish workers who perform manual labor from workers who perform professional jobs. Historically‚ blue-collar workers wore uniforms‚ usually blue‚ and worked in trade occupations. White-collar workers typically wore white‚ button down shirts. and worked in office settings. Other aspects that distinguish blue-collar and white-collar workers include earnings and education

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    The Growing Problem of White Collar Crimes in India “The practitioners of evil‚ the hoarders‚ the profiteers‚ the black marketers and speculators are the worst enemies of our society. They have to be dealt with sternly‚ however well placed important and influential they may be; if we acquiesce in wrongdoing‚ people will lose faith in us”- Dr Radhakrishnan Methodology The research methodology used for the present research article is traditional Doctrinal

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    White Collar Crime: Essay 3. Regulatory regimes for white collar crime & corporate crime. The regulatory regimes in place for white-collar crime (WCC) and corporate crime (CC) are much more extensive than those for any other sort of crimes‚ problematically WCC and CC continues to grow. This essay will firstly‚ examine the regulatory regimes in place for the increasing WCC of credit card fraud and secondly how corporations are regulated to prevent CC against the environment through fly-tipping

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    Identity Theft In today’s society‚ there is a white-collar crime that has greatly risen in popularity among criminals. This crime is identity theft. Hundreds of thousands of people have their identities stolen each year. Identity theft is when these criminals obtain and use consumers personal information such as credit card numbers‚ bank account numbers‚ insurance information‚ and social security numbers to purchase goods or services fraudulently. According to the Federal Trade Commission

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    Corporate Crime Key Terms *corporate crime: any act committed by a corporation that is punished by the state‚ regardless whether it is punished under administrative‚ civil‚ or criminal law *corporate violence * price fixing: industry leaders set inflated prices & competitors adjust their own prices accordingly *price gouging: when a seller prices items unreasonably high or unfair. *predatory pricing: the or acting of selling a product or service at a very low price‚ intending to drive competitors

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    WHITE COLLAR CRIME Introduction Edwin H. Sutherland defined white collar crime as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation” (Benson and Simpson 2009). White-collar crimes and white-collar crime offenders differ from other criminal offenders and offenses for several reasons. The motive‚ the act of concealment‚ intent and the disguise separate white collar criminals from other criminals (Edelhertz‚ 1970). When a common crime such

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    White Collar Crimes John E. Brown Strayer University CRJ 105- Crime and Criminal Behavior Professor Deborah S. White April 26‚ 2014 White Collar Crimes Introduction: This paper will explain why the topic of White Collar Crime needs to be researched and what actions should be taken‚ while during the research. White Collar crimes has the power to win election‚ gain public trust‚ influence the press and give a person the impression that he or she can continue to lie so they can stay a

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    sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison. According to the Associated Press (2014)‚ Steinger was the mastermind of an insurance scam in which investors lost about $830 million between 1994 and 2004‚ affecting 30‚000 victims around the world. Mutual Benefits Corp was one of the largest fraud schemes in Florida history to date. Between 1994 and 2004‚ Mutual Benefits Corporation (MBC) “purchased life insurance policies from persons suffering from AIDS‚ the chronically ill‚ and elderly persons‚” (U.S. Attorney’s

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    The first legal documentation of white-collar crime was documented in the 15th century in England. In the year 1473‚ a law passed after an agent was arrested for embezzlement when he was responsible to transport wool and he ended up stealing wool for himself. After this law passed white-collar crimes were still uncommon because not much attention was brought until after the industrial revolution. The only reason attention was brought during/after the Industrial revolution was because of monopolistic

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