Concept of White-Collar Crime

Almost all societies have certain norms, beliefs, customs and traditions which are implicitly accepted by its members as conducive to their well being and healthy development

White-collar crime can be referred to as the crimes which are done as a motive of financial benefit in business and there is an absence of any violence. Such crimes are committed by the people who are highly educated and belong to the high-class of society.

It can be defined as the crimes that are committed by the highly professional and reputed people. These people, who are committing such crimes, are educated and intelligent people, who are well researched and have a better knowledge of technology and other resources. We will usually find these white-collar crimes happening in a big reputed organization which are involved in various activities. When we talk about professional groups the very obvious fields that pop into the mind are the medical, legal, engineers, trade, etc.

Such crimes deal with such high profile fields. White-collar crime majorly can be differentiated by the class of the people-crimes committed by the low class or uneducated group of people are regarded as ordinary crimes whereas the crime committed by educated or high-class people are referred to as white-collar crimes. These people execute crimes in a very well planned manner so that they can escape and maintain the dignity and self-respect that they have in society.

Let us first understand as to who first introduced the concept of white-collar crime and what he meant by the concept of white-collar crimes:

American sociologist Mr Edwin Sutherland in the year 1949 defined white-collar crimes as ‘‘approximately as a crime committed by a Read More