Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
- Articulate the criteria experts use to distinguish white-collar crime from traditional forms of offending as well as criticisms of these criteria.
- Evaluate the ways corporate crimes harm society in terms of physical and property damage as well as in weakening the moral fabric of society.
- Describe the impact of various types of white-collar crime.
- Discuss some of the theoretical explanations for white-collar crime.
- Describe the complexity in defining organized crime.
- Discuss the different types of criminal organizations identified by the criminal justice system.
- Identify the various criminal justice responses to organized crime.
- Discuss how different theoretical explanations can be applied to enhance our understanding of organized crime.
- Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between traditional forms of crime and cybercrime.
- Identify various types of cybercrimes, such as hacking, identity theft, child pornography, Internet fraud, and cyberstalking.
- Discuss some of the legislation that has been enacted to address cybercrime.
- Apply some “traditional” theoretical perspectives to explaining cybercrime.