How can we explain white-collar criminality, and what similarities does it share with lower-class criminality?
What will be an ideal response?
There are a number of explanations of white-collar crime. Sutherland applies elements of his theory of differential association to white-collar crime, suggesting that white-collar crime, just like other types of criminal behavior, is learned.
Hirschi and Gottfredson apply their general theory of crime to white-collar crime, suggesting that this theory applies to white-collar criminality as well as to other forms of criminal behavior.
John Braithwaite suggests that white-collar criminals often are motivated by a disparity between corporate goals and the limited opportunities available through conventional business practices.
When comparing white-collar criminality to lower-class criminality, Hirschi and Gottfredson suggest that white-collar criminals are motivated by the same forces that drive street criminals: self-interest, the pursuit of pleasure, and the avoidance of pain.
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a. Gemeinschaft b. Gesellschaft c. theocratic d. communal
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a. Rex v. Higgins (1801) b. Rex v. Scofield (1784) c. People v. Paluch (1966) d. State v. Smith (2004)