like if someone committed fraud that only amounted to $1000 money taken vs. $100,000.... does the dollar amount make it a different color of collar?
2006-09-18 09:12:17 · 4 answers · asked by anonymoususer987876 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Fraud is a white collar crime. WC just refers to the type of crime, In criminology, white-collar crime was defined by Edwin Sutherland "...as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." Sutherland was a proponent of Symbolic Interactionism which examines the construction of personal identity through individual and group interactions. In defining the Differential Association Theory, he believed that criminal behaviour was learned from interpersonal interaction with others. White-collar crime therefore overlaps with corporate crime because the opportunity for fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, and forgery is more available to white-collar employees.
2006-09-18 09:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by Mazz 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not a dollar amount, it's the act. Embezzling is a white collar crime, armed robbery is not. Doesn't matter how much each of them took.
2006-09-18 18:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by smurfette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It the means by which the crime occurred. A bank manager embezelling money on paper does not involve a gun or B&E, but could involve the same amount of money as a robbery or B&E with theft. (Although most often more as, "A man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun" - Don Henley tune).
2006-09-18 16:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by mama_bears_den 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Money is not the issue.
The terminology "white collar" generally refers to a crime that is committed solely through paperwork, as opposed to using violence or other direct action. It has no specific legal meaning.
2006-09-18 16:22:00 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋