Aubert draws on his research as a sociologist while also drawing from various studies in order to explain the relationship between white-collar crimes and social structure. He outlines some practices from previous studies that are more likely to produce better fruits, which included applied field research and the application of theories to the studies. His explanation of what has remained constant in scientific studies that involved sociological and criminological theories provides insight to what
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 and examined to have a more concrete idea of what causes white-collar crime to happen
how ICT is used to detect white collar crime, the drivers of white collar crime, the impact of the crime and what organisations can do to prevent white collar crime. Over the years organizations have lost significant amounts of money from crimes committed by the least expected people in the organizations, people who have worked for the same employer for several years. Key words White Collar Crime, ICT, White collar criminal Definitions White Collar Crime - A non-violent crime that is committed by someone
fascinated with crime and violence. Due to the media's focus on crime and its influence as the main source of information on local and national events, the public has a skewed version of crime. As part of the criminal justice system, criminalistics and criminologist work with law enforcement to reduce, solve, and prevent crime. Standardized reporting of crime that was developed in 1929 provides statistics on the fluctuation of crime and aids in creating strategic methods to fight and prevent crime also.
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 Government Statistics, Victim Surveys, Self report Studies, Offender Surveys
The article “The people vs.Goldman Sachs” is an article based around the controversial case regarding The Goldman Sachs Group,Inc; a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. (“Goldman Sachs | At A Glance." Goldman Sachs. Web. 31 Oct. 2015). In summary, the article analyzes the criminal activity of the investment bank, focusing closely on how Goldman Sachs successfully defrauded their investors. Taibbi explains the way in which Goldman Sachs defrauded their investors
Ponzi Perpetrators are described as a charming dealer who put more emphasis on certain things that are associated with them either professionally or in a social environment. According to Mitchell Zuckoff, Professor at University of Boston and Jory and Perry (2011) “Ponzi perpetrators are self-delusional.” The culprits of Ponzi schemes are most likely talented to betray investors and are considered to be overweening. These Ponzi scammers approach to those individual in a convincing manner and they
Criminal Justice isn’t just a subject people study. It’s something that people do. there are many meanings to criminal justice. people have different opinions to it, they find it useless in a way or hard to understand. Criminal Justice is a formal means of social contract, requiring rules and regulations, subject to enforcement and interpretation, and within a political community. There are many things that make up Criminal Justice. Laws, rights, and codes are somethings included. Laws are rules
repercussions on organizations. Indeed, Smith (2001:1) alludes to the endemic nature of fraud by contending that fraud would have been a major growth area of the economy if it were considered as an industry Olasanmi (2010:8) opined that because many fraud cases are difficult to detect, it encourages many new fraudsters to join in perpetuating the fraud because management finds it very difficult to detect it and deals with it. According to Bolton & Hand (2002:12), the growth in the rate of occurrence of frauds
on those who are labelled. He was the first sociologist to research this which paved the way for other studies which built upon his work. His work took a deterministic standpoint which has been criticized by opposing studies which I will expand on throughout. His definition of deviance ‘the infraction of some agreed-upon rule’ (Becker 1963) has allowed the expansion of further sociological studies on labelling and deviance. In this essay, I will define labelling and look further at Becker’s work, amongst