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There are many reasons for people to commit white-collar crimes. They are easy, difficult to trace, and bring huge financial benefits with them. Normally, an individual or a single person cannot take such risks as it requires multiple phases and different identities to dodge the security apparatus. Allan believes that for such reasons, some reputable gangs or groups of web hijackers were observed to be committing such crimes ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"4pwugG9Z","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Allan 2017)","plainCitation":"(Allan 2017)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":150,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/8reWiRZH/items/J3FCYUC2"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/8reWiRZH/items/J3FCYUC2"],"itemData":{"id":150,"type":"article-journal","container-title":"Salus Journal","issue":"2","page":"50","source":"Google Scholar","title":"Understanding white-collar crime: An opportunity perspective [Book Review]","title-short":"Understanding white-collar crime","volume":"5","author":[{"family":"Allan","given":"Douglas"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Allan 2017). As white-collar crime has become the talk of the town after the Panama Leaks, different governments are taking measures to curb them. Therefore, there is a growing understanding among the general public that any illegal transaction can put them behind bars. Despite such proactive measures against this crime, there are people who commit these crimes regularly and have become habitual of such illegal transactions. There are many kinds of research that have explored the causes as to why people commit such crimes in a behavioral pattern.
According to Benson and Simpson, there are many reasons for people to commit a crime over and over again ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"FCnseizP","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Benson and Simpson 2014)","plainCitation":"(Benson and Simpson 2014)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":149,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/8reWiRZH/items/MR3WE5C4"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/8reWiRZH/items/MR3WE5C4"],"itemData":{"id":149,"type":"book","publisher":"Routledge","source":"Google Scholar","title":"Understanding white-collar crime: An opportunity perspective","title-short":"Understanding white-collar crime","author":[{"family":"Benson","given":"Michael L."},{"family":"Simpson","given":"Sally S."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2014"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Benson and Simpson 2014). Although quite simple, many thorough kinds of research have ignored these concepts in criminal activities. Simpson believes that if any person is successful in dodging the security apparatus or law enforcement, it gives him the confidence for committing the crime again. The white-collar crime is largely different from conventional crime. It gets less attention from the law enforcement and the high expertise of the criminals over the crime, compared to that of law enforcement agencies, leaves space for them. Another interesting aspect attached to these criminal activities is the large and uninterrupted access to technology. Criminals who commit these crimes have access to such technologies which gradually enable them to commit these crimes in a regular manner. Lastly, the weak security apparatus in many countries worldwide is the reason for such large violations.
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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Allan, Douglas. 2017. “Understanding White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective [Book Review].” Salus Journal 5(2): 50.
Benson, Michael L., and Sally S. Simpson. 2014. Understanding White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective. Routledge.
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