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White Collar Crime


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White Collar Crime
This paper offers an analysis of the recent crackdown by the Department of Justice on white collar crime.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages) | 4 sources | APA | 2004 United States


Paper Summary:

The paper analyzes the crackdown by the Department of Justice on white collar crime committed by a number of corporate executives, including those at Tyco, WorldCom, Enron and Martha Stewart Living/Omnimedia. The paper explains the D.O.J.'s attempt to regulate corporate crime.

From the Paper:

"White Collar Crime. The term white collar crime was originated in the late ?'s when in a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society, Sutherland described the phrase as crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. White collar crime is often committed by corporate executives and includes a range of illegal activities from antitrust violations, bribery and fraud, to embezzlement, insider trading and public corruption."

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APA Citation:

White Collar Crime (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-White-Collar-Crime/72072

MLA Citation:

"White Collar Crime" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-White-Collar-Crime/72072>




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