Race, Gender and White Collar Crime

Paper Summary:

The paper proposes research on a New Jersey college campus to ascertain the perceptions of race and gender on white collar crime. The paper provides a literature review to either prove or disprove the hypothesis that white males will find white-collar crime less prevalent and damaging then racial minorities and women. The paper explains the methodology to be used and looks at previous research on this topic.

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Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Theory and Hypothesis
Methods

From the Paper:

"How can one expect society to act towards a crime if the lines are so vague that it often is only used to characterize those considered elite and upper class? This study attempts to further explain and clarify the perceptions of white collar crime by gender and race. It is our belief that White males (who benefit the most from the practice) will find white-collar crime less prevalent and damaging then racial minorities and women. This research helps to affirm not only is there a need for further research regarding perceptions men and women of various races regarding how they view white collar crime, there is a need to see why these perceptions have not been studied extensively over the past decade of research."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Calavita, K. (1990). Employer Sanctions Violations: Toward a Dialectical Model of White-Collar Crime. Law & Society Review, 24(4), 1041-1069
• Delgado, M. (2001). Where Are All the Young Men and Women of Color?: Capacity Enhancement Practice in the Criminal Justice System. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Herzog, S. (2003). The Relationship between Public Perceptions of Crime Seriousness and Support for Plea-Bargaining Practices in Israel: A Factorial-Survey Approach. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 94(1), 103+.
• Knepper, P. (2000). Chapter 2 the Alchemy of Race and Crime Research. In The System in Black and White: Exploring the Connections between Race, Crime, and Justice, Markowitz, M. W. & Jones-Brown, D. D. (Eds.) (pp. 15-27). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
• Markowitz, M. W. & Jones-Brown, D. D. (Eds.). (2000). The System in Black and White: Exploring the Connections between Race, Crime, and Justice. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

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