White Collar Crime

White Collar Crime

[Dewan Thompson]

[Name of the Institution]

White Collar Crime

Societies have predefined social control for the smooth functioning of social groups. Every society tries to maintain its social order and social conformity; however, this is an elusive phenomenon. Every society witnesses some form of social deviance, and often this deviance takes the form of criminal activities by its members. Broadly categorized, the two types of crime exist in a society are: Blue-Collar crime and White-collar crime. Blue collar crime is the result of poverty, miserability and oppression. Nevertheless, the white-collar crime is more serious as it is not the result of some miserable conditions. It is merely a crime of greed, fraud and of the superiors in the society. Modern trends in the American society depict that this is the burgeoning social issue, and many sectors of life are getting affected by it. It is way more hazardous than crime of the poor and injuring more people comparatively as claimed by various social thinkers. Furthermore, the lack of attention on the part of authorities is also aggravating the social order in the society. The deep insight into various books, arguments and recordings illustrates that white-collar crime is negatively harming the social fabric and hurting the level of justice in the American society.

To begin with, white-collar crime is expanding its outreach and is affecting varied sectors of life. This issue is discussed at length in various books such as ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"icX2zo4k","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}The Oxford Handbook of White-collar Crime - Google Books,\\uc0\\u8221{} n.d.)","plainCitation":"(“The Oxford Handbook of White-collar Crime - Google Books,” n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":217,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/TWTRT2IE"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/TWTRT2IE"],"itemData":{"id":217,"type":"webpage","title":"The Oxford Handbook of White-collar Crime - Google Books","URL":"https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=1llxCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+White-Collar+Crime&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBjIGLpOjiAhWByoUKHdoLBuEQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Oxford%20Handbook%20of%20White-Collar%20Crime&f=false","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",6,14]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“The Oxford Handbook of White-collar Crime - Google Books,” n.d.) , and several investigative shows that highlighted the issue in detail and its seriousness. White collar criminals are so abundant that they are found in the health industry as well. The case of Stow Biotherapy is a case in point where fraudulent Larry Stow claims to cure neuro cells by stem cells implantation. He claims that his biotherapy cured one thousand patients, which is totally fallacious and baseless. Moreover, the outreach of this white-collar criminality is witnessed in pentagon officials as well who sell sensitive American information to Chinese spy agents for a paltry amount of money. Even this fraud on construction sites is also noticeable which is hurting the poor masses working on such sites. The impacts are ominous for Americans where health, construction, policing and several other domains of life are not safe from it.

To further illustsrate white-collar criminals, Hazel Croall states in her arguments that it is not just the high official that indulge white-collar crimes which is the right view of this social malady. She states in her argument that often small business owners and corporate official perform such heinous acts in lure of making more money ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"CA6sbvQt","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Croall, 1989)","plainCitation":"(Croall, 1989)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":215,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/52XTQL7R"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/52XTQL7R"],"itemData":{"id":215,"type":"article-journal","title":"WHO IS THE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL?","container-title":"The British Journal of Criminology","page":"157-174","volume":"29","issue":"2","source":"academic.oup.com","abstract":"Abstract. White-collar crime is traditionally associated with high status and respectable offenders: the ‘crimes of the powerful’ and corporate crime. However,","DOI":"10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047813","ISSN":"0007-0955","journalAbbreviation":"Br J Criminol","language":"en","author":[{"family":"Croall","given":"Hazel"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1989",3,1]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Croall, 1989). She mentioned that it is the immunity in the structure that promotes such criminal actions. This is true when one looks at those who want to have immediate benefits and more status in the society. This immunity to such offenders obstructs the growth and development of the society as it hurts those in the lower rungs of social setup. This social issue is a source of victimization and consumers are at the risk of it. Perhaps, this lure of corruption and money must be done away to have better and progressive society.

In a nutshell, it may be fairly concluded from the above analysis that white collar crimes are serious in nature and substance. They are way more critical than blue collar crimes as they target and kill more people. It also adds to the miserable life of the poor and exploits their distressed situation. Various cases have been highlighted and noted in the American society that need punitive action. Those small owners want to make more money by taking advantage of those in need which is unethical and immoral in nature. The authorized agencies such as FBI need to take notice and apprehend those who are involved in such white-collar crime. This is the way to stop crimes and uphold justice in the American society.

References

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Croall, H. (1989). WHO IS THE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL? The British Journal of Criminology, 29(2), 157–174. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047813

The Oxford Handbook of White-collar Crime - Google Books. (n.d.). Retrieved June 14, 2019,