White‐Collar Crime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23586570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Smith (0000-0003-4438-6470, Buckinghamshire New University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0786 |
| OpenAlex | W4251219827 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The concept of a white‐collar worker derives from sociology rather than criminology. In sociology a white‐collar worker is, generally speaking, a relatively low status clerical or administrative employee. The concept of white‐collar crime within criminology derives from the work of the pioneering criminologist Edwin Sutherland. It is argued that Sutherland's use of the term “white‐collar crime” is somewhat at odds with the use of the term “white‐collar worker” in sociology in that Sutherland's concept explicitly refers to offenders with relatively high social status. It is argued that what Sutherland calls “white‐collar crime” would be better described today in terms of the concept of “corporate crime.”
Collar · Corporate crime · Criminology · Logistic regression · Odds · Sociology · White (mutation) · White-collar crime · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Engineering · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Highly cited | No |
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