250 wordsWhite Collar Crimes" Please respond to the following: Describe the main similarities and differences between corporate espionage offenders who are so-called “insiders” and those who are...

Chapter 6 White-Collar Crimes Chapter Objectives After completing this chapter, you should be able to Describe how computer technologies have altered the ways in which embezzlement is committed. Describe how computer technologies have increased the opportunities to commit money laundering. Describe how computer technologies have affected the crime of corporate espionage. Describe how computer technologies and the increasing use of the Internet have affected identity and fraud crimes. Introduction Historically, the field of criminology has emphasized the need to explain the occurrence of what has commonly been referred to as traditional “street crime.” Crimes such as homicide, rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault have garnered a vast amount of public and media attention, and criminal justice policies have been designed mainly to counteract these personal violent crimes. Whether or not this emphasis relates to the fears that these types of crimes engender or the media’s constant fixation with the “gory details” such crimes produce has been a matter of some debate, what is clear is that the public’s common perception of what constitutes “crimes” as well as who is the common “criminal” has been formed largely in relation to traditional street crimes. HYPERLINK "http://e.pub/snq42hisegg4rahcnrk1.vbk/OPS/xhtml/fileP7000492900000000000000000002DB0.xhtml" \l "P7000492900000000000000000002DDA" 1 As a result, crimes that do not fall under traditional definitions or those that are committed by persons who do not fit the public’s common perception of the typical criminal have received much less attention. The rise of new technologies and newer forms of crime committed with the use of computers should increase the focus of attention on crimes that have been referred to as “white collar” offenses. In the late 1940s, noted criminologist Edwin Sutherland was the first to highlight the disparities between “street crimes” and crimes of the privileged class. He attempted...