Unit 4 SCLY4 - Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods; Stratification and Differentiation with Theory and Methods
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Crime and Deviance: White-collar and Corporate Crime Class Notes
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For anyone studying Crime and Deviance in Sociology at A or AS Level, this document provides a thorough companion to your classes and textbook. Lesson 5/8 focuses on White-collar and Corporate Crime: views, reasons, case studies and evaluations, as well as all key terms and sociologists specified i...
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Crime and Deviance: Lesson 5
White-Collar and Corporate Crime
Key Terms: The term ‘white-collar crime’ was coined by Edwin Sutherland
White-collar work- work performed in (1949).
an office or other administrative setting.
White-collar crime- a crime committed Many of the ‘harms’ caused by the powerful do not break actual
by a person of respectability and high criminal law.
social status in the course of his Pearce & Tombs (2003):
occupation.
Occupational crime- crime committed They widen the definition of crime to include breaches of civil and
by employees simply for their own administrative law.
personal gain.
The invisibility of corporate crime:
Corporate crime- crime committed by
employees for their organisation in When compared with street crime, the crimes of the powerful are
pursuit of its goals. relatively invisible.
Sociologists:
Even when they are visible, they are often not seen as ‘real’ crime
Edwin Sutherland- white-collar crime.
at all.
Pearce & Tombs
Example of corporate crime:
Nestle baby milk formula- mis-advertising and promoting their baby formula leading to harmful
consequences around the world. More information:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/01/nestle-under-fire-for-marketing-claims-on-baby-milk-
formulas#:~:text=The%20Swiss%20multinational%20Nestl%C3%A9%20has,about%20its%20baby
%20milk%20formulas.
Summary
White-collar and corporate crimes are committed within an administrative or organisational setting, and
are much harder to catch them more visible street crime. This leads to them being excluded from many
crime statistics. An example of corporate crime is the Nestle baby milk formula case study.
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