Reinventing Anthropology in the Seventies

Laura Nader ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 41-106
Author(s):  
Laura Nader
Keyword(s):  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Crime Statistics ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Thorstein Veblen ◽  
Crime Index ◽  
The Way

This chapter talks about Dell Hymes, who put together a book of collected essays called Reinventing Anthropology at the invitation of Pantheon Books' “anti-text” series. It describes Reinventing Anthropology as a volume about racism, ecology, community and disciplinary censorship, which was not universally well received as noted by the Chicago anthropologist Fred Eggan. It also looks at the letter that was written in response to a query to the Columbia University sociologist Robert Merton about Thorstein Veblen and his use of the concept of trained incapacity. The chapter questions the role of sociology in understanding the way in which white-collar crime escaped the national crime index. It mentions the sociologist James Short, who wrote and document the paradigms used that allowed corporate criminals to escape crime statistics.

Crime in the Republic of Ireland: A Suitable Case for Social Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26
Author(s):  
Paul O'Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Social Deprivation ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
White Collar ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Suitable Case

This article argues that there has been a lack of critical, theoretically-based analysis of Irish criminal justice. It focuses on three areas that require further theoretically grounded analysis: the relationship between social deprivation and crime, white-collar crime, and the role of the media with respect to crime. It concludes with a possible framework for future social science research on crime in Ireland.

Attribution, Salience, and Attitudes toward Criminal Sanctioning

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCIS T. CULLEN ◽  
GREGORY A. CLARK ◽  
JOHN B. CULLEN ◽  
RICHARD A. MATHERS
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Justice System ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Attributional Processes ◽  
The Way

Building upon the work of Stinchcombe, Taylor et al., the present research attempts to assess the impact of victimization, salience, and attribution on four measures of criminal sanctioning: general punishment, rehabilitation, capital punishment, and the punishment of white-collar crime. Utilizing a sample drawn from Galesburg, Illinois, our analysis revealed that attitudes were not significantly influenced by being a victim or by crime salience. In contrast, our measure of attribution (what a person “attributed” the cause of crime to) had consistent effects across the scales, with those having a positivist orientation being less punitive and more in favor of rehabilitation. When members of criminal justice related occupations were included in the analysis, these results generally continued to persist. These findings thus suggest that attributional processes and, in particular, the way in which people explain crime may be important determinants of the attitudes that those both inside and outside the criminal justice system hold toward sanctioning policy.

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.

Recidivism Among a White-Collar Sample: Does Personality Matter?

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley Johnson Listwan ◽  
Nicole Leeper Piquero ◽  
Patricia Van Voorhis
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
Jesness Inventory ◽  
White Collar Offenders

With the exception of correctional research, the role of personality has been understudied in criminology in general and in the study of white-collar crime in particular. The usefulness of personality has typically been restricted to use as a diagnostic tool in differentiating among offenders for correctional classification purposes. The current research focuses on a sample of white-collar offenders who were convicted in federal courts to explain what role personality plays in explaining their rates of recidivism. Using the Jesness Inventory as a measure of personality, findings reveal that personality type is a significant predictor of offender recidivism with neurotic personality type significantly predicting probability of rearrest.

Old horizons of organised-white collar crime

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojan Dobovšek ◽  
Boštjan Slak
Keyword(s):  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proper Definition ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the interconnectivity between the economic sphere, governance and organised crime and to shed light on the role of white-collar crime and show that constant redefining of the term “organised crime” has certain downfalls. Design/methodology/approach – Methods of analysis and examination of relevant domestic and foreign primary and secondary resources and legal acts are used. The paper is theoretical in nature, as review of literature was the main method used for our argumentation. Findings – The term and phenomena of organised crime have now long enjoyed the attention of many researchers, institutions, policymakers and others. And yet, in this quest for unification, proper definition and classification, it seems that we have somewhat strayed from that original idea of what organised crime represented in the period when this term was first coined. Unfortunately, by doing so, we failed to include the most dangerous forms of behaviour, i.e. (some, not all!) white-collar crime, which falls within the scope of organised crime. Practical implications – Despite the fact that ideas presented in this paper belong to the old masters of criminology, they have lately been slightly forgotten. The paper is therefore useful to those who are interested in seeing how original ideas about the nature of organised crime are applicable today. Originality/value – The paper provides an insight into the somewhat overlooked scholarship of those who deal with organised crime and white-collar crime.

scholarly journals Criminal Investigation Polres Kudus Unit Efforts In The Prevention Of The Corruption In Village Funds Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Luk Har Syan�in ◽  
Gunarto Gunarto ◽  
Widayati Widayati
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Criminal Investigation ◽  
State Finance ◽  
Funds Management ◽  
The Village

Interest and research efforts is to know the Kudus Police Criminal Investigation Unit of the Prevention of Corruption Within the Village Fund Management.Corruption as a criminal act detrimental to state finance, society and individuals, classified as white collar crime is the main enemy of the Indonesian people in addition to narcotics and terrorism. Combating corruption not only through law enforcement (repression) but preventive measures should be preferred. Village Fund aims to promote the welfare of rural communities through its programs, so that should be the prevention of irregularities in utilization as well as in the village in the village Karangmalang, District Gebog, KudusUnderstanding of research results Karangmalang village residents, still very little about corruption, as well as the importance of the role of citizens in preventing corruption adi trans particularly as regards management of village funds. There are some obstacles and constraints encountered in reality on the ground by the Society and the Village Padurenan, District Gebog, Kudus Regency in respect of the management of village funds, and in particular as prevention of corruption use village funds, but the fund management nice village, transparent, and accountable in accordance with the statutory provisions of supported community participation oversee and report slogans, as one prevention of corruption to increase the effectiveness fitas development and welfare of rural communities in the vicinity.Keywords: Prevention of Corruption Act; Village Fund.

The whiteness of white-collar crime in the United States: Examining the role of race in a culture of elite white-collar offending

2019 ◽  
pp. 136248061986431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Sohoni ◽  
Melissa Rorie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
The United States ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Cultural Adaptations ◽  
Mainstream Media

While the role of race has been heavily scrutinized in terms of minority involvement in crime, it has remained largely invisible for Whites despite indications that Whites are overrepresented as offenders in elite white-collar crimes. We propose a theoretical model detailing how “whiteness” encourages cultural adaptations conducive to elite white-collar crime in contemporary US society. Many middle- and upper-class US Whites live in environments of relative social isolation, both geographically (in terms of schools and neighborhoods) and culturally (as mainstream media largely reflect the lived realities of middle- and upper-class Whites). When this social isolation is combined with financial advantage, it serves to block the development of empathy toward outgroups and increases feelings of individual entitlement, which leads to the formation of crime-specific cultural frames that include neutralizations and justifications for elite white-collar crime. We argue that whiteness plays a role that is independent from (but exacerbated by) socioeconomic status, and is an important contributor to the generative worlds from which many white-collar criminals emanate.

Class, Status, and the Punishment of White-Collar Criminals

1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 223-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Weisburd ◽  
Elin Waring ◽  
Stanton Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Federal District ◽  
White Collar ◽  
District Courts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Class Status ◽  
White Collar Offenders ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Federal District Courts

The treatment of white-collar offenders by the criminal justice system has been a central concern since the concept of white-collar crime was first introduced In general, it has been assumed that those higher up the social hierarchy have an advantage in every part of the legal process, including the punishment they receive as white-collar criminals. In a controversial study of white-collar crime sentencing in the federal district courts, Wheeler, Weisburd, and Bode contradicted this assumption when they found that those of higher status were more likely to be imprisoned and, when sentenced to prison, were likely to receive longer prison terms than comparable offenders of lower status. While they argued that results were consistent with “what those who do the sentencing often say about it,” their analyses failed to control for the role of social class in the sentencing process. In this article we reanalyze the Wheeler et al sentencing data, including both measures of socioeconomic status and class position. Our findings show that class position does have an independent influence on judicial sentencing behavior. But this effect does not demand revision in the major findings reported in the earlier study.

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