Enterprise crime refers to two categories of crime: white-collar crime and organized crime. Edwin Sutherland first used the phrase “ white-collar crime” to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.
Sutherland argued that white-collar crime involved conspiracies by members of the wealthy classes to use their positions in commerce and industry for personal gain without regard to the law. Contemporary definitions of white-collar crime are typically much broader.
The components of white-collar crime are stings and swindles, chiseling, individual exploitation of institutional position, influence peddling and bribery, embezzlement and employee fraud, client fraud, and corporate crime.
Many criminologists have studied the causes of white-collar crime and asked if the cause was greed or need. The three major theoretical perspectives are the rationalization/neutralization view, the corporate culture view, and the self-control view.
When discussing the issue of law and morality, some scholars argue that acts like pornography, prostitution, and drug use erode the moral fabric of society and should therefore be prohibited and punished.
According to this view, so-called victimless crimes are prohibited because one of the functions of criminal law is to express a shared sense of public morality.
Assignment
Quiz 12 and Quiz 13
Session Minutes
180
Minutes Student Attended
180
Lesson Comments
Enterprise crime refers to two categories of crime: white-collar crime and organized crime. Edwin Sutherland first used the phrase “ white-collar crime” to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.
Sutherland argued that white-collar crime involved conspiracies by members of the wealthy classes to use their positions in commerce and industry for personal gain without regard to the law. Contemporary definitions of white-collar crime are typically much broader.
The components of white-collar crime are stings and swindles, chiseling, individual exploitation of institutional position, influence peddling and bribery, embezzlement and employee fraud, client fraud, and corporate crime.
Many criminologists have studied the causes of white-collar crime and asked if the cause was greed or need. The three major theoretical perspectives are the rationalization/neutralization view, the corporate culture view, and the self-control view.
When discussing the issue of law and morality, some scholars argue that acts like pornography, prostitution, and drug use erode the moral fabric of society and should therefore be prohibited and punished.
According to this view, so-called victimless crimes are prohibited because one of the functions of criminal law is to express a shared sense of public morality.
Enterprise crime refers to two categories of crime: white-collar crime and organized crime. Edwin Sutherland first used the phrase “ white-collar crime” to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.
Sutherland argued that white-collar crime involved conspiracies by members of the wealthy classes to use their positions in commerce and industry for personal gain without regard to the law. Contemporary definitions of white-collar crime are typically much broader.
The components of white-collar crime are stings and swindles, chiseling, individual exploitation of institutional position, influence peddling and bribery, embezzlement and employee fraud, client fraud, and corporate crime.
Many criminologists have studied the causes of white-collar crime and asked if the cause was greed or need. The three major theoretical perspectives are the rationalization/neutralization view, the corporate culture view, and the self-control view.
When discussing the issue of law and morality, some scholars argue that acts like pornography, prostitution, and drug use erode the moral fabric of society and should therefore be prohibited and punished.
According to this view, so-called victimless crimes are prohibited because one of the functions of criminal law is to express a shared sense of public morality.
Assignment
Take both Quiz
Session Minutes
180
Minutes Student Attended
180
Lesson Comments
Enterprise crime refers to two categories of crime: white-collar crime and organized crime. Edwin Sutherland first used the phrase “ white-collar crime” to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.
Sutherland argued that white-collar crime involved conspiracies by members of the wealthy classes to use their positions in commerce and industry for personal gain without regard to the law. Contemporary definitions of white-collar crime are typically much broader.
The components of white-collar crime are stings and swindles, chiseling, individual exploitation of institutional position, influence peddling and bribery, embezzlement and employee fraud, client fraud, and corporate crime.
Many criminologists have studied the causes of white-collar crime and asked if the cause was greed or need. The three major theoretical perspectives are the rationalization/neutralization view, the corporate culture view, and the self-control view.
When discussing the issue of law and morality, some scholars argue that acts like pornography, prostitution, and drug use erode the moral fabric of society and should therefore be prohibited and punished.
According to this view, so-called victimless crimes are prohibited because one of the functions of criminal law is to express a shared sense of public morality.
Enterprise crime refers to two categories of crime: white-collar crime and organized crime. Edwin Sutherland first used the phrase “ white-collar crime” to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.
Sutherland argued that white-collar crime involved conspiracies by members of the wealthy classes to use their positions in commerce and industry for personal gain without regard to the law. Contemporary definitions of white-collar crime are typically much broader.
The components of white-collar crime are stings and swindles, chiseling, individual exploitation of institutional position, influence peddling and bribery, embezzlement and employee fraud, client fraud, and corporate crime.
Many criminologists have studied the causes of white-collar crime and asked if the cause was greed or need. The three major theoretical perspectives are the rationalization/neutralization view, the corporate culture view, and the self-control view.
When discussing the issue of law and morality, some scholars argue that acts like pornography, prostitution, and drug use erode the moral fabric of society and should therefore be prohibited and punished.
According to this view, so-called victimless crimes are prohibited because one of the functions of criminal law is to express a shared sense of public morality.
Assignment
Readings and Quiz
Session Minutes
180
Minutes Student Attended
180
Lesson Comments
Enterprise crime refers to two categories of crime: white-collar crime and organized crime. Edwin Sutherland first used the phrase “ white-collar crime” to describe the criminal activities of the rich and powerful.
Sutherland argued that white-collar crime involved conspiracies by members of the wealthy classes to use their positions in commerce and industry for personal gain without regard to the law. Contemporary definitions of white-collar crime are typically much broader.
The components of white-collar crime are stings and swindles, chiseling, individual exploitation of institutional position, influence peddling and bribery, embezzlement and employee fraud, client fraud, and corporate crime.
Many criminologists have studied the causes of white-collar crime and asked if the cause was greed or need. The three major theoretical perspectives are the rationalization/neutralization view, the corporate culture view, and the self-control view.
When discussing the issue of law and morality, some scholars argue that acts like pornography, prostitution, and drug use erode the moral fabric of society and should therefore be prohibited and punished.
According to this view, so-called victimless crimes are prohibited because one of the functions of criminal law is to express a shared sense of public morality.
The causes of violence are many and varied. Among the explanations for violence are exposure to violence, personal traits and makeup, evolutionary factors and human instinct, substance abuse, socialization and upbringing, and cultural values and the subculture of violence.
Terrorism is an act that carries with it the intent to disrupt and change the government and is not merely a common-law crime committed for greed or egotism.
Most experts agree that terrorism generally involves the illegal use of force against innocent people to achieve a political objective, although not all terrorism is aimed at political change.
Terrorism usually involves a type of political crime that emphasizes violence as a mechanism to promote change. Acts of terrorism have been known throughout history with contemporary forms including revolutionary terrorism, political terrorism, nationalist terrorism, cause-based terrorism, environmental terrorism, state-sponsored terrorism, and criminal terrorism.
Some criminologists feel that terrorists are emotionally disturbed individuals who act out their psychosis within the confines of violent groups. Another view is that terrorists hold extreme ideological beliefs that prompt their behavior.Since the attacks of September 11th, responses to terrorism have included the USA Patriot Act, revamping of existing federal agencies such as the FBI, and creation of new agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security.
Self-report studies show that property crime among the young in every social class is widespread. Most thefts are committed by occasional criminals, but other theft-offenders are, in fact, skilled professional criminals.
The great majority of economic crimes are the work of amateur criminals whose decision to steal is spontaneous. Their acts are unskilled, impulsive, and haphazard. Professional criminals make a significant portion of their income from crime, so they pursue their craft with vigor.
There are three career patterns of professional thieves and criminals. First, a youth may come under the influence of older, experienced criminals who teach them the trade. Second, a juvenile gang member may continue their illegal activities at a time when most of their peers have “dropped out” to marry, raise families, and take conventional jobs. Third, a youth sent to prison for minor offenses may learn the techniques of crime from more experienced thieves.
Assignment
Forum, Quiz 7 and 8
Session Minutes
180
Minutes Student Attended
180
Lesson Comments
The causes of violence are many and varied. Among the explanations for violence are exposure to violence, personal traits and makeup, evolutionary factors and human instinct, substance abuse, socialization and upbringing, and cultural values and the subculture of violence.
Terrorism is an act that carries with it the intent to disrupt and change the government and is not merely a common-law crime committed for greed or egotism.
Most experts agree that terrorism generally involves the illegal use of force against innocent people to achieve a political objective, although not all terrorism is aimed at political change.
Terrorism usually involves a type of political crime that emphasizes violence as a mechanism to promote change. Acts of terrorism have been known throughout history with contemporary forms including revolutionary terrorism, political terrorism, nationalist terrorism, cause-based terrorism, environmental terrorism, state-sponsored terrorism, and criminal terrorism.
Some criminologists feel that terrorists are emotionally disturbed individuals who act out their psychosis within the confines of violent groups. Another view is that terrorists hold extreme ideological beliefs that prompt their behavior.Since the attacks of September 11th, responses to terrorism have included the USA Patriot Act, revamping of existing federal agencies such as the FBI, and creation of new agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security.
Self-report studies show that property crime among the young in every social class is widespread. Most thefts are committed by occasional criminals, but other theft-offenders are, in fact, skilled professional criminals.
The great majority of economic crimes are the work of amateur criminals whose decision to steal is spontaneous. Their acts are unskilled, impulsive, and haphazard. Professional criminals make a significant portion of their income from crime, so they pursue their craft with vigor.
There are three career patterns of professional thieves and criminals. First, a youth may come under the influence of older, experienced criminals who teach them the trade. Second, a juvenile gang member may continue their illegal activities at a time when most of their peers have “dropped out” to marry, raise families, and take conventional jobs. Third, a youth sent to prison for minor offenses may learn the techniques of crime from more experienced thieves.
