Social Class

4 types of Crime

• White collar

• Blue Collar

• Corporate

• Occupational

White collar crime

Crime committed by middle/upper class

Blue collar crime

Crime committed by working class

Corporate crime

crimes committed either by a corporation or by individuals acting on behalf of a corporation.

Occupational Crime

Crimes committed by people in the course of their employment or financial affairs

Corporate Crime - Tombs

Argue that corporate crime is under policed and rarely prosecuted. Believes that corporate crime is the worst type of crime, he uses quality of life, money, loss of life and damages to measure this

4 key types of corporate crime identified by Tombs

• Financial Crime

• Environmental Crime

• Crime against employees

• Crime against consumers

Mystification of corporate crime - Box

He believes that working class people have been convinced corporate crime is less widespread and less impactful than blue collar crime

Differential association - Sutherland

People learn deviance through interaction, especially with significant others.

De-labelling of crime

Corporate crime is perceived to be less serious, audience are desensitised by corporate crime being made to sound complicated (mystification).