Class- crimes of the powerful

Sutherland

Sutherland- White collar crime- a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status of his occupation

Types of corporate crime

Types of corporate crime 

Financial, crimes against consumers, environment, employees, state corporate crime 

Invisibility of corporate crime

Invisibility of corporate crime

• Lack of will to tackle

• The media

• De labelling

• Under reporting 

• Complexity 

Strain theory BOX

Strain theory- Box- if a company cannot achieve its goals of maximising profit by legal means it may do so illegally

Sutherland- differential association

Differential association- Sutherland- Sutherland sees crime as a behaviour learned from others in a social context. If we associate ourselves with people who have criminal attitudes, we are more likely to become deviant ourselves. - deviant subcultures- companies can’t achieve goals so turn to deviance, The competitive culture of business may encourage people to deviate.

Labelling theory- Nelken- Delabelling

Labelling theory- Nelken- Delabelling- Unlike the W/C, businesses and professionals have the power to avoid labelling. For example, they can afford experts such as lawyers and accountants to help them

Marxism

Marxism- For marxists, corporate crime is a result of the normal functioning of capitalism. Due to how capitalism’s goal is to maximise profits, it inevitably causes harm to employees and consumers

Box- mystification- the idea that corporate crime is less widespread and harmful than WC crime