White Collar Crimes (Forensic Science Lab)
Channel: Gareeb-Akbar
Date: 2018-01-21

In this short video we have tried to explain the professionals misconduct . White -collar crime refers to financial motivated ,non violent crime committed by business and government professionals . Within criminology ,it was first defined by sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation and business.

White-collar crime is a non-violent crime where the primary motive is typically financial in nature. White-collar criminals usually occupy a professional position of power and/or prestige, and one that commands well above average compensation.

The term “white-collar crime” was coined in the 1930s by sociologist and criminologist Edwin Sutherland. He used the phrase to describe the types of crimes commonly committed by “persons of respectability” – people who are recognized as possessing a high social status. Sutherland eventually founded the Bloomington School of Criminology at the State University of Indiana.

Prior to Sutherland’s introduction of the concept of white-collar crime, the upper classes of society were thought to be largely incapable of engaging in such criminal activity. Such a belief was so deeply entrenched in society that when Sutherland first published a book on the subject, some of America’s largest companies successfully sued to get the book heavily censored.