White Collar Crime

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White Collar Crime

A crime committed by an office worker within the context of his/her job, especially when the worker is educated or respected. For instance, a bank employee may divert pennies from customers' to his/her own account. White-collar criminals take advantage of their positions in the commission of their illegal acts. Ordinarily, white-collar crimes involve money; major examples include embezzlement, money laundering and some computer crimes. While white-collar crimes may appear victimless in their commission, they may have broader ramifications than street crimes such as burglary or theft. For example, a robber can only steal from one person or home at a time, while a white-collar criminal can embezzle funds from thousands or millions of investors.

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LAHORE -- Lahore Garrison University's recently established Digital Forensic Research and Service Centre (DFRSC) Monday initiated a special training course of 'Certified white-collar crime investigator' for National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials.

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The authors of this theory asserts that crimes including White-Collar crimes, require no motivation, or pressure that is not present in any other form of criminal behavior.

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Any time money and power intersect without appropriate checks and balances, you'll have the potential for problems," says Warren Baker, senior partner at the Chicago law Firm Gardner, Carton & Douglas, and an attorney who has prosecuted a handful of such white-collar crime cases over the years.

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Offshore underbelly: the ability to perpetrate insurance fraud offshore is enhanced by the capabilities of the Internet. The financial loss to insurers is compounded by the loss of trust in the industry that fraud causes. (Fraud: Q&A Industry Strategies)

This means that less than eight percent of white-collar crimes reached the proper authorities, according to the National Public Survey on White Collar Crime, a groundbreaking survey conducted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), a nonprofit, Federally funded organization that supports state and local police in their efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute economic and high-tech crime.

The battle against White-Collar Crime: "The exponential growth of technology and the use of computers have triggered a purposeful rethinking of the tools needed by law enforcement organizations to address internet-related crime." (Law & Justice)

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The authors make evident that white-collar crimes are a substantially greater hazard to the public than street crimes.

The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice Third Edition

Second, let's consider that white-collar crimes are committed mostly by whites from the middle and upper classes and not by the poor and working classes, which contain a high percentage of black single-female-headed households.

Don't blame mom for crime

The author, a 17-year veteran with the Austin, Texas, Police Department, presents information in an easy-to-follow manner on a subject of increasing importance to law enforcement as agencies devote more resources to investigating white-collar crimes.