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AC1.1 Unit 1 Analyse two different types of crime
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1.1) Analyse 2 different types of crime (mentioned in thebrief) (4 marks)
White collar crime:
A white collar crime is a non-violent crime which is why it is seen as “victimless”and usually
committed by people in authority such as the government for financial gain. It is complex because
the criminals usually have a higher position in society and have a high social status and are
typically seen as people who wear a suit. This makes it harder to detect them as they don’t seem
suspicious. A real life example is Elizabeth Holmes who was convicted for defrauding investors of
$140 million which she was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison. They target a wide
range of victims and are usually those who make funds to invest for example recently retired
workers, or the elderly as they may be less familiar with modern financial scams as in a survey it
showed one in twelve who were over the age of 65 are a victim of some type of crime. The typical
offenders are people of respectability and high social status. It's been shown males commit 75% of
white collar crimes and they tend to be white, married, middle-class, middle-aged men. This crime
is clearly criminal as due to the wide variety of forms these crimes come in it is against the law
This crime is also seen as deviant because stealing money goes against social norms and is viewed
as treacherous and immoral. The level of public awareness for this crime is limited because the
media don’t tend to focus on reporting white collar crime as they want to focus on sensationalist
headlines such as murder and gang crimes as those are more appealing to the public and are most
likely to be read, even though 4.5 million people reported fraud offences in the year ending March
2022, they weren’t spoken about a lot on the news or media and left to be seen as “invisible”.
Moral crime:
Moral crimes are seen as the rights and wrong behaviours of society and immoral behaviour and
against social expectations of society being most viewed as “victimless” crimes. Typical cases of
moral crimes include prostitution, vagrancy and underage drinking. The typical victims of moral
crime don’t have a victim or the offender is also the victim. A real life example is in 2008 the rugby
player Daniel James and his parents assisting his suicide. In the UK 1 citizen per week goes to
, Switzerland for an assisted death. Due to these crimes the number of offenders are mostly low as
they are also the victim yet the offender differs from crime to crime or be the same type of person
meaning they can commit more than 1 moral crime and typically are in a difficult situation
financially or personally. These actions can be seen as criminal and deviant as they are against the
law but mostly seen as deviant as they are seen as wrong socially because it is inhumane to
deliver hate to an individual. The level of public awareness of this type of crime is often low as
offenders are more likely to hide there crimes from their families and most moral crimes go
unreported such as begging and under age drinking as it may not be viewed as a crime as it is
commonly seen so the public ignore it, for example vagrancy mostly brings sympathy for the victim
as they have a tough life. In 2018/19, roughly 3.2 million citizens in the UK, between the ages of
16 to 59, have tried drugs.
Technological crime:
A technological crime is where the offence is executed using the internet or other hardware
including internet-enabled fraud, downloading illegal information such as songs and images or
using social media to contribute to hate crimes. A real life example is when in 2015 4.6 million
people's personal information and location was leaked by snapchat, this made victims worry as
some people used the app for intimate pictures. The typical victims of this type of crime are young
people and children as they are mostly online as in 2022 97% of children were online. Elderly
people can be victims as they are unaware how to use technological devices and can easily be
scammed although anyone can be a victim but 465 of victims were ⅔ of the adults online. In 2021
50% of American internet users had their account breached. The typical offenders of this type of
crime are male dominant and are young people between the ages 18-35 as they have high
technological abilities. This crime is viewed as criminal as it is illegal in the country to commit this
crime and it is also devient as it is morally frowned upon by society because as of cyberbullying is
only happening because it is behind a screen so people believe they can get away with it yet it is
still bullying and seen as wrong. I believe the level of public awareness for tech crime is roughly in
the middle, as the current younger generation are being made aware of these types of tech crimes
such as cyberbullying and scams so they can prevent hackers. Alternatively the generation that
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