White-collar crime
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white-collar-crime-175-16313796
title:
White-collar crime
text:
The term "white-collar crime" refers to financially motivated, nonviolent or non-directly violent crime committed by individuals, businesses and government professionals. The crimes are believed to be committed by middle- or upper-class individuals for financial gains. It was first defined by the sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation". Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft,
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Financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_crime
date created:
2003-07-10T19:45:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T11:17:41Z
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