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This 3 page paper explains White-Collar Deviance, Corporate fraud, and mortgage fraud and explains why these are White Collar crimes. The paper also discusses sociologist Edwin Sutherland who coined the term “white collar crime in 1949 and in so doing changed much of the justice system. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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do with the position an individual holds in an organization rather than with the crime committed. People in white collars are executives (they wore white shirts), hence White collar. Sutherland
wanted to eliminate the need for the prosecution to show intent or motive (Baker, 2004). Three things are needed for a crime to be proven: motive, means, and opportunity but
Sutherland seems to think these people are inherently guilty. Labeling theory does not apply here. Labeling theory explains why a person might commit a crime (OConnor, 2006). The Department of
Justice defines White collar crimes as non-violent illegal activities which include deceit, subterfuge, manipulation, breach of trust and a few other descriptors (Baker, 2004). Sutherland was not interested in proof,
in motivation, or the traditional legal procedures that govern criminal trials. His purpose was to make it easier to prosecute executives and corporations leading to a guilty verdict (Baker, 2004).
The label White Collar Crime views the perpetrator negatively. For the public, it brings up images of Enron or Madoff who was given a sentence of 150 years for his
Ponzi scheme (Unsilent Partners, 2009). Press Release: On March 30, 2012, a federal jury convicted a Texas financier of 13 of the 14 counts of fraud brought against
him, including mail fraud, laundering money, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. The financier was involved with a global Ponzi scheme that had been in operation for more than two decades
and involved just under $8 billion in investments. There were more than 30,000 investors in 114 countries. The scheme included fraudulent high-interest certificates of deposit at a bank in the
Caribbean. The financier chief financial officer was the main witness. He testified to the fraudulent nature of the scheme, the bribes in the Caribbean, and how they hid operations
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