Offenders
Corporate crime - refers to crimes committed either by a corporation (business),
or by individuals acting on behalf of a corporation or other businesses
Examples of corporate crime:
Paperwork and non-compliance- not complying with health and safety regulations
Environmental (green) crimes- damaging the environment, either deliberately or
through negligence.
Manufacturing offences- producing unsafe products/counterfeit goods
Labour law violations- not complying with worker health and safety policies
Unfair trade practices- false advertising; price fixing; illegally obtaining information
on rival businesses (phone/telemarketing fraud)
Financial offences- tax evasion; insurance and bankruptcy fraud; concealment of
losses or debts (credit card fraud)
The Thalidomide case study
Thalidomide was developed by the drug company Chemie Grunenthal, but it was not
adequately tested.
● It was given to pregnant women in the 1950s to combat morning sickness.
● However, it resulted in 10,000 infants being born with deformed limbs.
● There were delays in withdrawing the drug from the market.
● No one was ever prosecuted, unknown offender.
, Professional Crime
people for whom crime is their permanent occupation and primary source of income.’
● Major drug dealers
● Bank robbers
● Assassins
● Human traffickers
● Prostitution
But, professional individuals within the course of their professional duty such as
lawyers and doctors may also offend…
{ E.g Dr Harold Shipman a gp. }
Organised crime
‘criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful groups and carried
out on a large scale’
The Mafia (Italy or Sicily, USA)
Originally from Italy or Sicily and commonly found in the USA, the Mafia
are huge crime gangs, who are usually related by family. They are defined
by having a strict hierarchy, with the ‘boss’ at the top who heads up the
‘legal’ businesses and the ‘capos’ and ‘soldiers’ who commit the crimes.
Each family has separate business dealings and they tend to stay out of
each other’s way
What crimes do they commit?
● Extortion (threatening people so they give them money)
● Protection rackets,
● drug dealing and smuggling,
● prostitution,
● illegal gambling,
● Gang war,
● assassination,
● murder,
● anything that will make them money
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