Stuti Pasari, Sameer Pingle
White-collar crime is invisible in many different aspects. Offences are typically concealed within occupational and organisational routines, are difficult to detect by victims, observers or law enforcers, and few offenders are tried and sentenced in open court. It is also absent from public and academic discussions of ‘crime’ and criminal justice policy. A major theme in research and literature has therefore been to expose the extent, impact and failure to fully criminalise the crimes of ‘the powerful’. This research will focus on some key themes and issues which continue to be significant for understanding white-collar crime. This will be explored by looking at who suffers, which also raises issues about the differences between white-collar and blue-collar crime. Finally, the research will briefly outline some major questions dominating discussions of how this vast group of offences can be controlled.
White-Collar Crime