or this essay, we will be attempting to discuss about the causes, explanations, and origins of white-collar crimes by using various sources and the scandal case of WorldCom. There are already studies done on the topic of white-collar crime in the criminology field, but not every theory and hypothesis has been done to try and explain the three problems concerning it. Theories such as the fear of falling and strain theory, and any other possible factors affecting people’s decisions, would be investigated
Corporate crime is an ever evolving and extensive issue. Criminologists have applied a number of different theories in attempt to explain why corporate is committed, yet it still remains an intricate matter. Two of the more prominent of these theories are Rational choice theory and Differential association theory. The the purpose of this essay will be to apply both of the aforementioned theories to corporate crime and ultimately conclude that although both theories hold strengths and flaws, neither
In this essay I will be discussing ''Why are criminologists sceptical on the accuracy of official crime statistics on the extent and seriousness of crime?'' The Official Crime Statistics (OCS) are born from the crimes the police choose to investigate and record. However as many crimes go unreported, they will not be recorded and therefore OCS would not be able to accurately measure the true extent of crimes taking place. OCS come from a broad range of sources such as The British Crime Survey, Official
expansion of further sociological studies on labelling and deviance. In this essay, I will define labelling and look further at Becker’s work, amongst other sociologists who have conducted research on this topic such as Lemert. I will also look at other case studies in which
Jane started to provide informal tests to her students before the exercise. Then she would give the tests during the exercise and afterwards. There were two things that the tests showed. The first was on the day they had to wear the collars or being discriminated against their tests scored plummeted. Just that one day tests score dropped even the smartest kids had low scores. The second finding was that the difference between the scores before the exercise and after was noticeably
English Language and Literature Studies; Vol. 5, No. 1; 2015 ISSN 1925-4768 E-ISSN 1925-4776 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 13 Historicizing Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Critique of King Leopold II’s Colonial Rule Isam Shihada1 1 Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine Correspondence: Isam Shihada, Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin