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  Encyclopedia of Business, 2nd ed. - Val-Z
The term white collar crime was first used in 1939 during an address delivered by Professor Edwin Sutherland of Indiana University to the American Sociological Society.
Sutherland sought to expand the definition of crime beyond the generally held belief that crime was an activity, often violent, perpetrated by members of the socio-economic under class.
Wholesaling, also known as distributing, is an intermediate stage between the origin of a good or service and its ultimate distribution to an end user through retail trade channels.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /encyclopedia/Val-Z/index.html   (1254 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Differential association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Differental association - A theory developed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that through interaction with others, individuals learn the values, attitudes, techniques, and motives for criminal behavior.
Edwin Sutherland’s Differential Association Theory is probably the best known Interactionist theory of deviance.
Sutherland believes that criminal behavior is learned in interaction with others.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Differential_association   (138 words)

  
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Whether or not the threat or use of the death penalty is, has been, or could be a deterrent to homicide is an empirical question that cannot be answered on the basis of gut feelings or on moral or political grounds.
It is an empirical question that scores of researchers, dating back to a young Edwin Sutherland (Sutherland, 1925), have examined.
Sutherland, Edwin H. 1925 Murder and the death penalty.
www.philosophy.niu.edu /~critcrim/dp/dppapers/mike.deterence   (5050 words)

  
 Criminology
Later developments in this set of theories were by Howard Becker and Edwin Lemert, in the mid 20th century; also by Stanley Cohen who developed the concept of "moral panic" (describing societal reaction to spectacular, alarming social phenomena such as post-World War Two youth cultures (e.g.
Following on from the Chicago School and Strain Theory, and also drawing on Edwin H. Sutherland's idea of differential association, subcultural theorists focused on small cultural groups fragmenting away from the mainstream to form their own values and meanings about life.
Some of these groups, especially from poorer areas where opportunities were scarce, might adopt criminal values and meanings.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/cr/criminology.html   (1314 words)

  
 critcrim.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Integrative theories or integrating criminological perspectives is not a particularly new endeavor.
It dates at least as far back as Merton (1938), Sutherland (1947), and Cohen (1955).
However, it was not until the 1970s and the 1980s that integrative models began to "take-off" and challenge the non-integrative or one-dimensional theories and models of crime and/or punishment.
www.critcrim.com /critpapers/barak_integrative.htm   (3400 words)

  
 White Collar Crimes - LII: An Overview Of Administrative Law With Links To Key Primary And Secondary Sources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is estimated that a great deal of white collar crime is undetected.
NPR Audio: Sentencing for White-Collar Crimes Varies Widely Sentencing guidelines encourage harsh penalties for white-collar corporate defendants who cause big losses to investors.
The dollar loss attributed to white-collar crimes, according to Sutherland, is probably greater than the people suspected of committing white-collar crimes were convicted and only a.
www.fraudwatchernetwork.com /articles/white-collar-crimes.html   (639 words)

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