scholarly journals White-Collar Crime: Contemporary View

Teisė ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 140-146
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Szaplonczay
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Economic Crime ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Contemporary View ◽  
Definition Of

The article touches upon the problem of white collar criminality and presents a contemporary view of the phenomenon. The concept of white-collar crime, first introduced by Edwin H. Sutherland in 1939, immediately became the driving force behind the discussion undertaken by criminologists and sociologists of that time. Since then, many studies have been conducted in order to answer the question about who actually is a “white collar” – why do respectable, well-situated individuals decide to enter the path of crime? The author contrasts two types of definitions – the subjective white-collar crime definition developed in Anglo-Saxon culture and objective definition of economic crime functioning in Europe. It is significant that the crime of white collars has never really been systematized in the Polish legal system (and most of European legal systems), in contrast to economic types of crime.The author compares recent literature, presents characteristics of white-collar criminals and comes to the conclusion that in this specific group of criminals the ties between the perpetrator and the community in which they live are very weak. Finally, the article touches on a problem of possible beneficial consequences of attempting to investigate the scale of crimes committed by white collars.

CRIME OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND MODUS BUSINESS LAW IN PERSPECTIVE

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Aal Lukmanul Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Legal System ◽  
International Research ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Business Law ◽  
Business Area

ABSTRACT  Advance in science and technology today is an advancement of human civilizations that affect all aspects of life, include the growing and the diverting motifs and forms of crime increasingly. Along with the progress, the business area was not immune used as a means of committing a crime by the offender, one of them is money laundering that harness of advances in technology and the progress of the system that contained in the business area, such as the use of sophistication and to make ease of banking transactions, and other of business activity forms. Proportional to this, various efforts have been undertaken to prevent and to make the space narrower for the perpetrators of this money laundering, particularly by establishing a legal system in the business area that can eradicate the white -collar crime, both national and international research. Keywords: money laundering, modus, business law

White-Collar Crime

Criminology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally S. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Street Crime ◽  
White Collar Offenders ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Executive Officers

The meaning and definition of white-collar crime is deeply contested. Most criminologists recognize that white-collar crime is different from traditional “street” crime. Disagreements center on the scope of the behavior and who, ultimately, is classified as a white-collar offender. Generally, white-collar crimes are offenses conducted by guile or concealment that involve “upper world” offenders. Broad definitions of white-collar crime can include harmful acts which are not illegal (deviance) to more narrow definitions that are tied exclusively to violations of criminal law. Depending on which definition is used, white-collar offenders may include governments, businesses, chief executive officers, professionals, welfare cheats, and individuals who illegally download software or purposefully underreport income on their taxes.

Filling the Gap in White-Collar Crime Detection Between Government and Governance: The Role of Investigative Journalists and Fraud Examiners

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Petter Gottschalk
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Economic Crime ◽  
Private Policing ◽  
Theory Of Crime ◽  
The Media ◽  
Crime Detection ◽  
White Collar Offenders

This article suggests that investigative journalists in the media and fraud examiners in private investigations have the potential of filling some of the detection gap. Based on the theory of crime signal detection, this article suggests that investigative journalists are in the position of detecting white-collar crime scandals as they rely on tips and whistleblowing. Empirical evidence from Norway documents that the media disclose a significant fraction of crime stories that later result in prosecution and conviction of white-collar offenders. Empirical evidence from Norway does not document any contribution from fraud examiners in private policing of economic crime, as they typically conclude with misconduct, but no crime, often to the satisfaction of their clients.

The Justice Department Focuses on White-Collar Crime: Promises and Pitfalls

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Simon ◽  
Stanley L. Swart
Keyword(s):  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Justice Department ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Definition Of

The FBI's new focus on white-collar crime is a topic of major concern to criminologists interested in the study of white-collar criminality. Despite the bureau's change in priorities, there are very important questions left unanswered about both the goals set and means employed in this new emphasis. We need to know specifics regarding (1) the FBI's definition of white-collar criminality; (2) the percentage of FBI resources being devoted to white-collar crime; (3) the nature of the white-collar crime cases being investigated; and (4) the manner in which such cases are being investigated. The goal of this article is to differentiate what we know from what we do not know about these matters and then to indicate what types of future studies must be undertaken to gain the answers to questions regarding the FBI's emphasis in this area.

scholarly journals WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND ITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT

2020 ◽  
Vol VI (1-2) ◽  
pp. 150-174
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Social Reaction ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual

White-collar crime is a type of criminal activity that has become a serious threat to the individual, the state and society as a whole. As an ubiquitous form of criminal activity, it has not been sufficiently researched, especially in relation to the significance of its impact on the economic stability of a country. The reaction of society to this form of crime is the core issue, which closes the circle of adequate scientific knowledge of this phenomenon. There is not even a legal definition of the term ‘white collar’ while no other existing content of the term is fully and universally accepted. This phenomenon is a social problem whose study requires an interdisciplinary theoretical approach: law, economics, sociology, psychology and criminology and criminalistics. With a number of scientific methods starting from the theoretical-empirical method, the comparative and the analytical method, an analysis of available literature and individual legal solutions was made, from which they read certain conclusions. The objective of this work includes clarifying of the ‘white collar’concept, classification of its basic etiological and phenomenological elements, social reaction through socially-unacceptable approach, as well asascientific position of analysis of the concept, its appearance andits socio-economic impact on the stability of a state.

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