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White Collar Crime

Petter Gottschalk

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White collar crime is economically motivated crime committed by individuals in privileged positions in business and public organizations. Crime is committed by abuse of trust to benefit the individual by occupational crime or to benefit the organization by corporate crime. Perceived seriousness of white collar crime has been studied as a factor that can influence the involvement or lack of involvement of the criminal justice system. The theory of convenience is an emerging approach to explain the occurrence of white collar crime.

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White collar crime is economically motivated crime committed by individuals in privileged positions in business and public organizations. Crime is committed by abuse of trust to benefit the individual by occupational crime or to benefit the organization by corporate crime. Perceived seriousness of white collar crime has been studied as a factor that can influence the involvement or lack of involvement of the criminal justice system. The theory of convenience is an emerging approach to explain the occurrence of white collar crime.

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White collar crime is economically motivated crime committed by individuals in privileged positions in business and public organizations. Crime is committed by abuse of trust to benefit the individual by occupational crime or to benefit the organization by corporate crime. Perceived seriousness of white collar crime has been studied as a factor that can influence the involvement or lack of involvement of the criminal justice system. The theory of convenience is an emerging approach to explain the occurrence of white collar crime.

Key concepts: White-collar crime, Seriousness, Collar, Criminology, Corporate crime, White (mutation), Criminal justice, Dark figure of crime

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