White collar crime
In addition, another crime which is evident in the brief is when... they might be committing a white-
collar crime. This crime is mostly non-violent, and they are committed for financial gain and in
commercial situations. Examples of white-collar crimes can be organised crime which crimes committed
by gangs and organisations, corporate crime which is committed by companies that are in need to
maximise their own profit and lastly the professional crime which involves those people that commits
white collar crimes such as fraud, robbery etc. As their only source of income. An example of corporate
crime could be the usage of Ponzi’s scheme from Bernie Madoff. He took advantage of this scheme to
steal 50 billion dollars and instead of spending it for himself, he paid existing investors to keep them
satisfied. Offenders are described as ‘Respected people with high social status’ by Edwin Sutherland and
they are mostly of a higher position than the victim and victims are mostly consumers, employees or the
public in large. The level of public awareness is fairly low as the majority lack of knowledge of the crime
from the little media coverage. People have formed a way of ‘delabeling’ certain crimes that are viewed
as not being a crime. Most of the times such action is made when the crime doesn’t directly harm the
victim or does not contain any type of violence or murder. It could also be by offender's exalted position
as this might threaten the victim to let others know as they be punished or put their family or friends in
danger. This crime can be criminal because it infringes someone’s privacy and it is against formal law,
and it is also deviant because the example of stealing is a break of trust, thus making it against social
norms.
Moral crime
Another crime which can be seen in brief in which... can be considered a moral crime. This is defined to
be going against society's morality standards. Numerous examples can be underage drinking, drug use,
prostitution on the streets, illegal gambling etc. The victim is usually the same person as the offender
while the wrongdoer can depend on the type of crime. For example, being a drug user can be both
offender and victim as they are choosing to harm themselves with threatening substances. Although,
there are cases where the offender and the victim are different people. An example suggesting this
could be the case when a teenager bought alcohol from a shopkeeper, thus making the teen the victim
and the shopkeeper the offender. A real example showing this can be suggested by how a shopkeeper
was fined £100 for not asking for the ID of a teenager when they wanted to buy an alcoholic drink. The
level of public awareness is unexpectedly low because most people tend to hide these crimes and most
of them are also ignored and normalised due to sympathy. Therefore, moral crime is seen as criminal
because it goes against formal law and it causes numerous severe accidents like the usage of violence,
and it is also deviant because society does not accept such behaviour.
In addition, another crime which is evident in the brief is when... they might be committing a white-
collar crime. This crime is mostly non-violent, and they are committed for financial gain and in
commercial situations. Examples of white-collar crimes can be organised crime which crimes committed
by gangs and organisations, corporate crime which is committed by companies that are in need to
maximise their own profit and lastly the professional crime which involves those people that commits
white collar crimes such as fraud, robbery etc. As their only source of income. An example of corporate
crime could be the usage of Ponzi’s scheme from Bernie Madoff. He took advantage of this scheme to
steal 50 billion dollars and instead of spending it for himself, he paid existing investors to keep them
satisfied. Offenders are described as ‘Respected people with high social status’ by Edwin Sutherland and
they are mostly of a higher position than the victim and victims are mostly consumers, employees or the
public in large. The level of public awareness is fairly low as the majority lack of knowledge of the crime
from the little media coverage. People have formed a way of ‘delabeling’ certain crimes that are viewed
as not being a crime. Most of the times such action is made when the crime doesn’t directly harm the
victim or does not contain any type of violence or murder. It could also be by offender's exalted position
as this might threaten the victim to let others know as they be punished or put their family or friends in
danger. This crime can be criminal because it infringes someone’s privacy and it is against formal law,
and it is also deviant because the example of stealing is a break of trust, thus making it against social
norms.
Moral crime
Another crime which can be seen in brief in which... can be considered a moral crime. This is defined to
be going against society's morality standards. Numerous examples can be underage drinking, drug use,
prostitution on the streets, illegal gambling etc. The victim is usually the same person as the offender
while the wrongdoer can depend on the type of crime. For example, being a drug user can be both
offender and victim as they are choosing to harm themselves with threatening substances. Although,
there are cases where the offender and the victim are different people. An example suggesting this
could be the case when a teenager bought alcohol from a shopkeeper, thus making the teen the victim
and the shopkeeper the offender. A real example showing this can be suggested by how a shopkeeper
was fined £100 for not asking for the ID of a teenager when they wanted to buy an alcoholic drink. The
level of public awareness is unexpectedly low because most people tend to hide these crimes and most
of them are also ignored and normalised due to sympathy. Therefore, moral crime is seen as criminal
because it goes against formal law and it causes numerous severe accidents like the usage of violence,
and it is also deviant because society does not accept such behaviour.
