Learning Objectives

  • Summarize Sutherland’s classic definition of whitecollar crime.
     
  • Identify issues with the measurement and cost of white-collar crime.
     
  • Describe the history of white-collar crime.
     
  • Provide examples of various types of cons and scams.
     
  • Discuss the legal regulations in place for occupations and organizations.
     
  • Explain occupational crime in terms of the types of crimes committed by employees.
     
  • Explain corporate crime in terms of the types of crimes committed by organizations and corporations.
     
  • Discuss the rationalizations and corporate environments that contribute to whitecollar crime.
     
  • Evaluate the reasons for the leniency in punishing whitecollar crime.
     
  • Assess how criminological  theories apply to whitecollar crime.