Hughes and Langan (2001)

Hughes and Langan claim this is due to four main factors:

1) Low visibility - street crime such as rape and burglary are highly visible, the media and the law ensures we are…

Aware of any epidemics and the consequences

1) White collar crimes occur mainly within offices and are largely hidden from the ____________

Even when they are pinpointed it is hard to portion the blame onto ___________

Public gaze

Any one person

2) Complexity - large scale fraud is often highly complex and hard to unravel and _____________

Allocate blame

2) Teams of experts can spend years finding out who is to blame and it often involves ______________

Different parties, different departments and a multitude of _________

Different companies

Transactions

Diffusion of ___________ - it is difficult to appkrtion blame

Responsibility

Diffusion of ____________ - this refers to victimless crimes.

There are no _____________ involved here less likely individuals will pursue claims

Victimisation

Obviously victims